SUMMER 2000

SUMMER 2000

Directed by Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier

Genre Fiction
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2023
Length 19m48s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version English subtitles, French

Synopsis

9 year-old Sarah is quietly discovering love when an assault derails her sexual awakening. Summer 2000 is an intimate and delicate tale in which the play between different mediums offers an insight into gender performativity and consent. 

Themes

childhood sexual abuse, consent

Biography

Virginie Nolin
Screenwriter and director, Virginie Nolin is doing a Master's degree in Cinematic Arts which addresses sexuality and the body with a feminist-queer perspective. She directed the short films Summer 2000, OK and Sleeping Longing, all screened internationally. She is currently developing her first feature film, the adaptation of Mikella Nicol's novel, Aphélie.


Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier is a writer and filmmaker. Her film Phantom poem was awarded the Best experimental short prize at Vues dans la tête de (2023), and her novel Répertoire des villes disparues (Herbes rouges, 2015) was adapted for the screen by Denis Côté (Ghost Town Anthology, 2019). 

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Cast

Sarah: Millie-Jeanne Drouin
Raphaëlle: Jeana Arseneau
Sam: Dylan Walsh
Maxime: William St-Louis

Team

Production

Mylène Corbeil, Estelle Champoux  (La Créative Films)
Script

Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Isabelle Stachtchenko
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Alexia Roc 
EDITING Ariane Pétel-Despot
Sound Nataq Huault
Music Ragana

Awards

Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada |2023| * Grand Jury Award National
IndieJunior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Portugal |2024| * Special Mention to the Grand Prize
Festival Filministes, Canada |2024| * Best Fiction Short Film, * Best interpretation (Millie-Jeanne Drouin)
Vues dans la tête…, Canada |2024|* Fiction Award - Lepage Millwork

Festivals

Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada |2023| * Grand Jury Award National
IndieJunior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Portugal |2024| * Special Mention to the Grand Prize
Festival Filministes, Canada |2024| * Best Fiction Short Film, * Best interpretation (Millie-Jeanne Drouin)
Vues dans la tête…, Canada |2024|* Fiction Award - Lepage Millwork
Festival de cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada |2023|
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada |2023|
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada [2024]
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada |2024|
Festival du film de l’Outaouais, Canada |2024|
BUFF International Children and Young Film Festival, Sweden |2024|
Champs-Elysées Film Festival, France |2024|