The Monsters

The Monsters

Directed by Frank Tremblay

Genre Fiction
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2021
Length 14min58s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version Original French version, English subtitles

Synopsis

For as long as 8-year-old Jimmy can remember, his overprotective mother has kept him safe inside their barricaded home, away from the monsters roaming outside. But Jimmy gets increasingly inquisitive, desperate to see what's out there — despite the danger.

Themes

family relationships, mother-son relationships, childhood, fear, survival

Biography

Frank Tremblay is a bilingual award-winning writer-director from Montreal, Canada. He co-wrote the short film Seven Seas (Les Sept Mers), which won the Best French-Canadian short film prize at RVQC 2020. In 2017, his feature-film script Harold Sometimes Rings Twice placed in the top 5% of the Nicholls competition (organized by The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Monsters (Les Monstres), filmed from his script that won the 2020 Cours Écrire Ton Court short film incubator, is Tremblay’s directorial debut, starring Caroline Dhavernas.

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Cast

Jimmy (kid): Étienne Cardin
Mother : Caroline Dhavernas
Jimmy (adult) : Derrick Frenette
Élodie : Frédérique Chaloux

Team

Production

Véronique Vigneault (Chasseurs Films)
Script

Frank Tremblay
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pawel Pogorzelski
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Sophia Belahmer
EDITING Yvann Thibaudeau
Sound Matt Sherman
Music Pierre-Philippe Côté

Awards

ClujShorts, Romania |2022| *Jury Award
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2021| * Jury Mention - Joël Vaudreuil

Festivals

ClujShorts, Romania |2022| *Prix du Jury
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2021| *Mention du jury - Joël Vaudreuil
Cinema on the Bayou, US |2022|
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Spain |2021|
Landshut Film Festival, Germany |2022|
Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada |2021|
Longue Vue sur le Court, Canada |2021|
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2022|
Ravenheart International Film Festival, Norway |2022|
Athens International Children's Film Festival, Greece |2022|
Desertscape International Film Festival, USA |2022|
Phenomena Fantastic Film Festival, Brésil |2022|
Tehran Int. Short Film Festival, Iran|2022|
Ghandara Independent Film Festival, Pakistan |2022|
31 days of horror - The official stunt list, Online |2022|
Blood in the snow, Canada |2023|