Silvia in the waves
Noa struggles to honor the identity of his recently deceased parent while his mother tries to uphold the appearance of a conventional family. Grief and fantasy entwine to reveal the complex relationship between history and erasure, identity and memory.
13min, Canada (French)
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2017
Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux, France
Festival des Films LGBTQ+ Chéries-Chéris Paris, France
Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy
Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
Festival Massimadi des arts et film LGBTQ + afro de Montréal, Canada
Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival, Los Angeles, US
Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, US
CineYouth Film Fest presented by the Chicago Int’l Film Festival , US
Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival, US
Athens International Film + Video Festival, Ohio, US
Emerge Film Festival of Maine, US
CineArte: A Latinx Queer Festival, Los Angeles, US
Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec, Canada
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Canada
Ivy Film Festival, Brown University, Rhode Island, US
Outview LGBT Film Festival, Athens, Greece
Indy Film Fest, Indiana, US
Cine LGBT Movilh Festival, Chile
Amor LGBT Film Fest, Santiago, Chile
Out here now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, US
Diversions International short film festival, Croatia
Rio Festival de gênero & sexualidade no cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film festival, US
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, US
Fem Tour Truck Int’l Feminist Video Art Festival, Multi-city, Spain/Portugal/UK/Ecuador/Colombia
Aegean Film Festival, Ivy Film Festival Guest Program, Greece
International Women Filmmakers Festival – FINCAR, Recife, Brazil
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Programmation d’été Antitube à Québec, Canada
Shanghai Queer Film Festival, China
Urbanworld Film Festival, New York, US
Mill Valley Film Festival, California, US
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada
Tacoma Film Festival, US
NFFTY, Seattle, US
Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival, Harstad, Norway
Lone Star Film Festival, Texas, US
Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival, US
Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany
Pride Pictures – Queer Film Fest Karlsruhe, Germany
CineYouth 2018 ‘Best of the Fest’ at 54th Chicago International Film Festival, US
Indie Memphis Film Festival, US
Citizen Jane Film Festival, Missouri, US
Eindhoven Film Festival, Netherlands
Image+Nation, Montreal, Canada
Sheffield’s Trans Film Festival, UK
Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival, Italy
Queer Kampala International Film Festival, Uganda
2019
TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, Canada
Out Film Connecticut, US
Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival, Canada
Leeds Queer Film Festival, UK
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, UK
Queer Film Festival Seoul, Korea
Trans Film Festival Kiel, Germany
Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic
Queers in shorts Cambridge, UK
Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India
TranScreen Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
Black Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland
Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover, Germany
Florence Queer Festival, Italy
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
tilde – Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival, Australia
Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Awards
CineYouth Film Fest presented by the Chicago Int’l Film Festival, 2018 ★ Out-look Award winner
Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec, 2018 ★ Prix Antitube
Ivy Film Festival, Brown University, 2018 ★ Best international film
Fem Tour Truck International Feminist Video Art Festival, Multi-city (Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Ecuador & Colombia), 2018 ★ Best short film
Urbanworld Film Festival, NYC, 2018 ★ Honorable Mention – Best Young Creator
NFFTY, Seattle, 2018 ★ Best Fiction
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Cast
Henri Pardo
Patricia Dorval
Sullivan Ouedraogo
Philippe Thérien
Maxime Olivier Potvin
Crew
Director – Gio Olmos
Cinematographer – Vjosana Shkurti
Production Designers – Stephanie Burbano & Christophe Chamberland
Editor – Pablo Pugliese
Sound Designer – Dave Duong
Composer – Adam Daudrich
Underwater Cinematographer – René Arseneau
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