The Skates

Directed by Halima Ouardiri

Genre	Fiction
Country	Canada (Québec)
Year	2023
Length	13m04s
Formats	DCP
Sound	5.1
Version	English subtitles, French

Synopsis

Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day if something hadn't happened to the skates.

Themes

relations père-fille

Biography

The Swiss-Moroccan writer and director Halima Ouardiri is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Canada. Her first short film, MOKHTAR, screened in the top festivals around the world. CLEBS won the Crystal bear in Generation at the 2020 Berlinale. She is currently developing her debut feature film, THE CAMEL DRIVING SCHOOL.

Cast

Mina: Inès Feghouli
The father : Mani Soleymanlou
The mother : Sophie Cadieux
The ice skating teacher : Sarah Karel Chiasson
Dancer 1 : Marjorie Lajoie
Dancer 2 : Zachary Lagha

Team

Production	Halima Ouardiri (Les Films de l’Autre)
Script	Halima Ouardiri
CINEMATOGRAPHY	Amine Berrada
PRODUCTION DESIGN	Mathieu Lemay
EDITING	Xi Feng
Sound	Bruno Pucella
Music	-
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