Losing your home

Directed by Emmanuel Rioux

Genre	Documentary
Country	Canada (Quebec)
Year	2024
Length	19 min 21 s
Formats	DCP
Sound	Dolby 5.1
Version	English subtitles, French subtitles, Original French and English version

Synopsis

Too many stories can tell the horrible consequences of the housing crisis. Those of Jeannette and Frances make us feel the difficult experience of eviction. During long months of anguish, brief hopes and uprooting, Jeannette and Frances struggle, alone and surrounded, against a phenomenon that is becoming more and more pronounced: losing your home.

Themes

mutual aid, social issue, housing crisis

Biography

In 2022, Emmanuel directed Cendres, his first fiction short film, which was shown in several festivals. In the last year, he also directed the second season of the web series Moi, j’habite nulle part, which is nominated for three prizes at the 2023 Gémeaux awards. Juste un toit (Losing your home) is his first documentary short film.

Cast

Frances Foster
Jeannette Chiasson

Team

Production	Romane Gagnon
Script	Alexandre Petitclerc
CINEMATOGRAPHY	Thomas Fontaine
EDITING	Jérémie Mazan
Sound	Jacob Marcoux, Christophe Voyer (Les Copains du Son)
Music	Benjamin Duplantie Grenier

Awards

REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada | 2024 *Special Mention of the Jury for Canadian Grand Prize
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada | 2024 * "Coup de poing" Award
Cinemania, Canada | 2024 *Grand Prize of the National Competition

Festivals