Synopsis

  • Véronique sits in a gilded cage of romantic expectations, impatiently awaiting her chronically late date. Realizing that she has been stood up, she takes to her bicycle and embarks on a ride through a looking glass, where she encounters surreal characters and schisms in reality and time, and finally, while ‘à vélo’, undergoes a simple yet definitive transformation in consciousness.
  • Inspired primarily by the French New Wave films of Jean-Luc Godard, this film features several recognizable references to his unique directorial style and also pays homage to his contemporaries, including nods to François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows and the comedic sound effect work of Jacques Tati. 10 minutes © 2011

Film and screening info

10 minutes © 2011

FESTIVALS

  • Festival Cinergie: Broadway Art Fest et Lumières sur Broadway | Lights on Broadway in Saskatoon. Saturday, May 3rd-4th, 2014
  • Reel Rave Film Festival – Waskesiu, Saskatchewan, Canada, Sept. 6-7, 2014
  • Nuit Blanche Winnipeg/La maison des artistes visuels francophonea in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2014
  • Broadcast: Access Television, Cinema Saskatchewan, Autumn, 2014
  • mispon Film Festival, Saskatchewan, Canada, December 6th, 2014
  • Cinéfest Sudbury – September 25th, 2011
  • Niagara Indie Filmfest: Independent Drama/Narrative Award
  • St. Catherine’s: David S. Howes Theatre, Brock University, June 25th, 2011
  • Sled Island – Shorts on Bikes Festival
  • Show Us Your Shorts, Calgary AB, June 22nd, 2011

~ Awarded: Best of Craft, Best Medium Length Film, Best of Festival

  • Red Rover – Emmedia, Calgary, AB / Paved Arts, Saskatoon, SK –
    April 28th, 2011 at 7:00pm.

Press 
Splice Magazine,Winter 2012: In the spirit of JLG: Notes on the Filmpool’s Godard Project – Critical discourse By Dr. Christina Stojanova

Credits

  • Starring Elizabeth Malnyk
  • with Hal the Clown, Alana Zyla, Chloe Dufour, Caitlin Coflin, Kelly Liberet, and Dan Suchoboki
  • written, produced, directed, and edited by Berny Hi and Chrystene Ells
  • score by Jason Cullimore, with music by Tim Coffey and Carly Commando
  • narration by Rose Le Calvez

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