FRIMAS
A FILM BY MARIANNE FARLEY
SHORTLISTED AT THE 94th OSCARS CEREMONY – BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM CATEGORY
Short Film – Canada – 2021 – 20 min
Color | French & English | 2:1 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
When getting an abortion has once again become a criminal offense, Kara is confronted by a grim and brutal reality. Even though obvious dangers are at play, she seeks out the services of an illegal mobile abortion clinic. Once inside the meanders of this morbid clinic, she is faced with devastating repercussions.
Cast
Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Chantal Baril, Kent McQuaid, Alex Bisping, Christian Jadah & Jean-Moïse Martin
Crew
DIRECTOR : Marianne Farley
WRITER : Marianne Farley
PRODUCERS : Charlotte Beaudoin-Poisson et Sophie Ricard-Harvey (Ô Films)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Benoit Beaulieu
ART DIRECTION : Mélanie McNicoll
SOUND DESIGN : Luc Bouchard
SOUND MIXING : Jean Paul Vialard
EDITING : Mathieu Bélanger
MUSIC : Frannie Holder
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Uzo Aduba and Dan Denicola (Meynon Media)
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
By the time she was 19, Marianne knew that her career would take place under the lights. She began as a singer, but in 1997 her acting work started garnering attention. Fully bilingual, she has performed in a variety of projects in television (LES INVINCIBLES, NOS ÉTÉS, THE DEAD ZONE, LE GENTLEMAN, MÉMOIRES VIVES, THIS LIFE, HEROES REBORN, 19-2) and in film (WHITE SKIN, CHRISTMAS CHOIR, UVANGA, LA CHUTE DE SPARTE). In August of 2014, more than ready to bring her artistic vision to the next level, she directed her first short film, RANSACK (SACCAGE), in 2017, MARGUERITE (nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscars ® in 2019) and in 2020, FRIMAS (produced by Ô Films). A true lover of the seventh art, she has also produced four short films, one of which, BOXING DAY (MON CHER ROBERT), was nominated at the 2010 Jutra awards and two feature films, Jeanne Leblanc’s OUR OWN (LES NÔTRES) and NORTH OF ALBANY, Marianne’s first feature film as a director (cowritten with Claude Brie). The film was produced through her production company SLYKID & SKYKID (with her associate Benoit Beaulieu) and is now in the post production phase. She has several feature film projects in development including LA FAUCHE (written by Camille Trudel) and À DEMI-SOUPIR (cowritten with Claude Brie).
FILMOGRAPHY
À DEMI-SOUPIR | In development
LA FAUCHE | In development
AU NORD D’ALBANY | In post production
FRIMAS | 2020, 20 min.
JOSÉLITO AU COEUR DU MONDE | 2020, 43 min.
TOKYO CINEMA ENSEMBLE | Collage video, 2018, 1 min.
YET NOT THE END | Clip pour Dear Criminals, 2018, 5 min.
MARGUERITE | 2017, 19 min.
Nomination aux Oscars © 2019
RANSACK | 2015, 14 min.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Québec en Court – Festival International du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, 2021
Gala Prend ça Court!, 2021 *BEST ACTRESS FOR KARINE GONTHIER-HYNDMAN *AQTIS AWARD *MAX FILMS MÉDIA AWARD
Regard, 2021
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2021
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, 2021
Off-Courts Trouville, 2021
Gwanghwamun International Short Film Festival, 2021
Miami Short Film Festival, 2021 *BEST NARRATIVE SHORT (North America)
Show Me Shorts Film Festival, 2021
Cinéfest Sudbury, 2021
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2021
Mill Valley Film Festival, 2021
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 2021 *BELL AWARD – JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Festival Images en Vues, 2021
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA), 2021
SPASM, Octobre 2021 *BEST SCRIPT
Rome Independent Film Festival, 2021
Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2021
Cyprus International Film Festival “Golden Aphrodite”, 2021
Plein(s) Écran(s), 2022
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2022
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone (RVCQF), 2022
Nuit blanche RVQC, 2022
Aswan International Women Film Festival, 2022 *BEST DIRECTOR IN A SHORT FILM
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2022
Journées du Cinéma Québécois en Italie, 2022
Americana Film Fest, 2022
Rhode Island programme Ciné-Québec, 2022
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2022
Festival Filministes, 2022 *BEST INTERPRETATION (KARINE GONTHIER-HYNDMAN) STUDENT JUR * BEST SHORT
Reel Shorts Film Festival, Avril 2022 *HONORABLE MENTION – BEST CANADIAN SHORT
Femina International Women’s Film Festival, 2022
Vaughan International Film Festival, 2022
Desertscape International Film Festival, 2022
Sentiero Film Factory, 2022
LA Shorts, 2022
Cordillera International Film Festival, 2022 *BEST OF FEST
Festival CINÉMEC, 2022
Festifilm de la Beauce, 2022
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ), 2022
Femme Filmmakers Festival, 2022 *BEST FILM – BRONZE
Pittsburgh Shorts & Script Competition, 2022
WIFT Greece, 2022
Reggio Film Festival, 2022
Festival du Cinéma Social de Nice, 2022 *SPECIAL MENTION
Pragueshorts Film Festival, 2023