Subjects: History & Politics , Indigenous

Directed by

Caroline Monnet & Daniel Watchorn

Language

Cree

Produced by

Eric Cinq-Mars

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13 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014

An eight year old girl experience a series of traumatic events while quarantined in the infirmary of a residential school for Native children in Canada.

Synopsis

Synopsis

In this haunting and artistically-crafted short drama, an eight-year-old girl and her infant cousin endure a traumatic experience while quarantined in the infirmary of a residential school.

Credits
A film by: Caroline Monnet et Daniel Watchorn
Image: Eric Cinq-Mars
Art direction: Léa Valerie Létourneau
Editing: Elisabeth Olga Tremblay
Sound conception: Frères Lumières
Sound recording: Stéphane Barsalou
Production : Eric Cinq-Mars

With: Jasmyne Hébert, Estelle Richard et François Aubin

Financial partners

Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec

Conseil des Arts du Manitoba

Caroline Monnet

Caroline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Québec. She studied Sociology and Communication at the University of Ottawa and the University of Granada (Spain). Her work has been shown internationally, including TIFF, VIFF, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montréal), VideoFormes, Urban Shaman Contemporary Art Gallery (Winnipeg), World Event Young Artist (Nottingham, UK); Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, GER) and ARSENAL Montréal). Monnet is currently working on a number of projects including writing and directing a commissioned short drama for ImagineNATIVE’s Embargo Collective II. Filmography Tshiuetin (2016 / 10 min) Creatura Dada (2016 / 3 min) Mobilize (2015 / 4 min) Roberta (2014 / 9 min) The Black Case (2014 / 13 min) Demi Monde (2013 / 3 min) Gephyrophobia (2012 / 3 min) Tashina (2010 / 5 min) Warchild (2010 / 5 min) Ikwé (2009 / 4 min 45)

Daniel Watchorn

Daniel Watchorn was born in Aylmer, Quebec, in 1978. He has a B.A. in Film Studies from Concordia University. Up until 2011, he played guitar in the Canadian rock band Priestess. He now composes music for film, television and the web with collaborator Vincenzo Nudo under the name Frères Lumières. He first worked with Caroline Monnet co-writing the short experimental film Gephyrophobia, which appeared at the Cannes film festival, in 2012. The Black Case (2014), also co-written and co-directed with Caroline Monnet, is Daniel’s first foray into directing. Filmography The Black Case (2014 / 13 min)