Overpass
Directed by Patrice Laliberté
| Genre | Fiction |
| Country | Quebec |
| Year | 2015 |
| Length | 18 min 48 s |
| Formats | DVD, DCP |
| Sound | 5.1 |
| Version | Original French version, English subtitles |
Synopsis
One night, Mathieu, 17, goes under an overpass to do a graffiti.
Themes
family relationships, teenagers, friendship, delinquency, mourning, drugs, brother-sister relationshipsBiography
Patrice Laliberte is a screenwriter and director living in Montreal. His short film Overpass, produced with his compagny Couronne Nord, won the Short Cuts Awards for Best Canadian Short Film in the Toronto International Film Festival 2015, and was selected in the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival 2015. Late night drama is his latest production. He also released in April 2017 a webseries call Game(r) about eSport. He is co-founder of the multidisciplinary creative company Couronne Nord.
Cast
Téo Vachon Sincennes, Sandrine Bisson, Stéphane Jacques
Team
| Production | Julie Groleau, Patrice Laliberté (Couronne Nord Inc.) |
| Script | Patrice Laliberté |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Christophe Dalpé |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Madeleine Plante |
| EDITING | François Lamarche |
| Sound | Laurent Ouellette, Olivier Binette |
| Music | VNCE |
Awards
Toronto International Film Festival | 2015 | BEST CANADIAN SHORT
Longue vue sur le court | 2015 | PRIX DU JURY DES AINÉS, MENTION SPÉCIALE JURY PRO
Interfilm Berlin | 2015 | BEST TEENAGER SHORT FILM
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne | 2016 | PRIX BEAUMARCHAIS SACD
Prix Prends ça court! | 2016 | PRIX SPIRA MEILLEURE RÉALISATION, PRIX LES FILMS SÉVILLE MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO, PRIX TV5 / UNIS, PRIX AIR CANADA
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay | 2016 | MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
Urban Film Festival | 2016 | COUP DE CŒUR FICTION
Oberhausen International Film Festival | 2016 | CHILDREN JURY AWARD, ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Copie Zéro : Soirée de Projection | 2016 | PRIX DU PUBLIC
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Stockholm International Film festival
Longue vue sur le court
Séquence Court Métrage
Kerry International Film Festival
Whistler International Film Festival
Interfilm Berlin
Festival Images en vues
Whistler International Film Festival
Festival international de cinéma francophone en acadie
Canada’s Top Ten
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne
BUFF International Children and Young People’s Film Festival
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois
Prix Écrans Canadien
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay
Urban Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Vienna Independent Short Film Festival
Kyiv International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen International Film Festival
Krakow International Fiml Festival
La Guarimba
Yorkton Film Festival
Reel Shorts International Film Festival
Tofino Film Festival
ViewFinders
En Route
Palm Spring ShortFest
Portland Film Festival
Long Story Shorts : Georgia University Film Festival
Festival Doctor Mabuse
iShorts
Cinévue
Copie Zéro : Soirée de Projection