Subjects: Arts & Culture , Family , Identity , LGBTQIA+

Directed by

Laurence Turcotte-Fraser

Language

English

Produced by

Artémis Films - Katerine Lefrançois

85 min, documentary, Canada, 2021

Tara Emory, veteran sex-industry artist, confronts a family history of hoarding through art as she faces eviction from her studio Wonderland.

Film details

Synopsis

The End of Wonderland is a feature documentary on Tara Emory, a veteran artist who works on her own terms in the sex industry. Facing a changing world and eviction from her packed studio, Wonderland, Tara must confront her family history of hoarding, her art, and herself.

Credits

Script : Laurence Turcotte-Fraser

Cinematography : Andréanne Chartrand-Beaudry and Laurence Turcotte-Fraser

Editing : Karim Haroun et Milène Ortenberg

Sound design : Francis Gauthier

Sound mix : Bruno Bélanger

Music : Christian Zuliani

Sound : Laurent Bédard

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Direction

Laurence Turcotte-Fraser

Laurence Turcotte-Fraser is an emerging filmmaker first known for her short film Domino (Regards 2018), as well as her director of photography work (L’étrange province, Les Jaunes, Blast Beat). Her first feature-length documentary, The End of Wonderland(2021), was released theatrically in Canada and travelled internationally (IDFA, RIDM, OUTFEST LA, BFI FLARE). This eccentric portrait of erotic artist Tara Emory allowed her to explore her love for direct cinema and to find a human approach both in front of and behind the camera. With her second feature film Evicted City, co-directed with Priscillia Piccoli, she continues her documentary artistic approach by scrutinizing the housing crisis in her home city, Montreal.

Filmography

EVICTED CITY, 80 min, Documentary, 2023

THE END OF WONDERLAND, 85 min, Documentary, 2021

UN AUTRE JOUR, 9 min, Documentary, 2018

DOMINO, 5 min, Fiction, 2017

MARÉE, 11 min, Fiction, 2017

L’ÂME COINCÉE ENTRE DEUX MORCEAUX DE TÔLE, 18 min, Documentary, 2013

LE TEMPS D’ÉRIGER UN CLOCHER, 18 min, Documentary, 2012

Awards

Sudbury Tiny Underground Film Festival 2022

Best Show Sudbury