Losing your home

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

Interfilm Berlin, Germany | 2024
DOC NYC, USA | 2024
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada | 2024
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada | 2024 
Les Percéïdes, Canada | 2024
Quebec City Film Festival, Canada | 2024
Festifilm de la Beauce, Canada | 2024
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada | 2024
Cinemania, Canada | 2024