After joining a high school soccer team made up of older girls, 11-year-old Pierre-Amelia is exposed to teenager sex talk. This precipitates her sexual awakening, and she develops an unexpected, taboo crush.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Amélia Raposo, Tiago Freire Brosseau
Canada
2021
In French with English subtitles
Incest; sexually suggestive scene
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 5
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The Secret in Their Eyes
This month's Talking Pictures screening is a multi-layered, poignant thriller interweaving the personal lives of a prosecution investigator (Ricardo Darin) and a judge, with a manhunt spanning twenty-five years. Stay for cookies, coffee and a chat after!
American Doctor
One of the most powerful documentaries of the year, this puts us smack in the open wound that is Gaza, filtered through the eyes of three American surgeons (of Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian backgrounds) compelled to do their utmost to alleviate harm.
Credits
Producer
Sophie Ricard-Harvey, Charlotte Beaudoin-Poisson
Screenwriter
Camille Trudel
Cinematography
Antoine Ryan
Editor
Myriam Magassouba
Production Design
Louisa Schabas
Original Music
Sacha Ratcliffe
Director
Emilie Mannering
Emilie Mannering is a self-taught filmmaker from Montreal, Canada. Her award-winning short films have been screened in more than a hundred international film competitions. She was selected by the TIFF Talent Lab in 2017 and was nominated twice for the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Live Action Short Drama. Her latest short film Jarvik (2019) won the Region Skåne Short Film Award in Sweden.