Directed by
Yan Giroux
Languages
French
Produced by
Annick Blanc (Alt Collection)
17 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2011
In this short film, two universes clash and a territorial struggle begins…
Synopsis
It’s another quiet summer day in Park Dufresne. The neighborhood teens loiter about until a young park monitor arrives for his first day of work. Tension rises as the two worlds clash in an unbalanced territorial struggle. In this impressionistic film, the banal day-to-day rituals of a suburban park take on a poetic tone through carefully planned and choreographed takes.
Credits
Screenplay : Yan Giroux
Direction of Photography : Ian Lagarde
Sound Editing : Marie-Pierre Grenier
Editing : Yan Giroux
Music : Marie-Hélène L. Delorme.
Cast : Olivier Leduc, Manuel Aubé-Perron, Claudia Laureau, Martin Dubreuil.
Production : Annick Blanc (Alt Collection)
Financial Partners
SODEC
Conseil des Arts du Canada
Yan Giroux
Yan Giroux independently produced his documentaries between 2007 and 2012, allowing him to develop his vision, which would later grow with more resources and ambition in his fiction short films. In addition to being recognized locally, his shorts have been showcased in several international festivals, including Sundance Film Festival. His first feature film, For Those Who Don’t Read Me (2018), won several awards at the Gala Québec Cinéma.
Filmography
MY SON CAME BACK TO DISAPPEAR, 82 min, Fiction, 2025
STANDARDIZED PATIENT PROGRAM, 23 min, Fiction, 2022
FOR THOSE WHO DON’T READ ME, 107 min, Fiction, 2018
LOST PARADISE LOST, 25 min, Fiction, 2017
MI NIÑA MI VIDA, 18 min, Fiction, 2013
SURVEILLANT, 17 min, Fiction, 2011
JULY 14 IN MARSEILLE, 86 min, Documentary, 2012
ELEGANT, 84 min, Documentary, 2009
CUBANOS, LIFE AND DEATH OF A REVOLUTION, 82 min, Documentary, 2007