Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night
A FILM BY KATERINE MARTINEAU
Short Film – Québec – 2020 – 17 min
Color | French with English subtitles | 1.85 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
After a late night high school graduation party, Chantal and Delphine find themselves walking home alone in the dark. Lost in the forest, their long night walk is punctuated by carelessness and an irrepressible desire to exist.
CAST
Nahéma Ricci, Amaryllis Tremblay & Guillaume Laurin
CREW
DIRECTOR : Katerine Martineau
WRITER : Katerine Martineau
PRODUCER : Guillaume Collin (Arpent Films)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Alexandre Nour Desjardins
SOUND DESIGN : Pascal Plante
EDITING : Ibticeme Benalia
MUSIQUE : Paloma Daris
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Katerine Martineau is a screenwriter and a director based in Montreal. Her student film En attendant Lou / Waiting for Lou (2017) won the Best Live Action Student Short at the TIFF Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival in 2018 and her last short film Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit / Girls shouldn’t walk alone at night (2020) won the Best Live Action Short Drama at the Canadian Screen Awards 2022. Katerine is actually working on her next short fiction film.
FILMOGRAPHY
WAITING FOR LOU | 2017
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Vancouver International Film Festival, 2020
Reelout Queer Film Festival, 2020
Gala Prends ça Court!, 2021 * QUÉBEC GOLD AWARD / AIR CANADA *CASTING VTB AWARD, GIRALDEAU CASTING AND MARIE-CHARLOTTE AUBIN CASTING
BUFF Malmö Film Festival, 2021
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, 2021
Aspen Short Fest, 2021
Canadian Film Fest Toronto, 2021 *SPECIAL JURY MENTION JURY – BEST DIRECTING *SPECIAL JURY MENTION – BEST ACTRESS FOR AMARYLLIS TREMBLAY
Busan International Short Film Festival, 2021
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, 2021
Regard – Compétition 100% RÉGIONS, 2021 * BEST SHORT 100% RÉGIONS
Out Film CT, 2021
Fantasia, 2021 * WARNERMEDIA INCLUSION AWARD
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, 2021
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2021
Shorts Mexico, 2021
Off-Courts Trouville, 2021
Festival Mix Milano, 2021
Korea Queer Film Festival, Juin 2021
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Août – septembre 2021
Some Prefer Cake – Lesbian International Film Festival, 2021
Budapest Short Film Festival (Busho), 2021
Pink Panorama Film Festival Luzern, 2021
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2021
Cinema Diverse : The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, 2021 *FESTIVAL FAVORITES AWARD
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, 2021
Linz International Short Film Festival, 2021
Cinemagic International Film Festival Belfast, 2021
GAZE Dublin LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2021
In & Out Film Festival, Juin 2021
Women’s Week Film Festival, 2021
Reel Pride de Winnipeg, 2021
Giornate di Cinema Queer, 2021 *SPECIALE JURY MENTION
Image+Nation Montreal LGBTQ Film Festival, 2021
FACETS 38th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2021
Festival Chéries-Chéris, 2021
MIX Brasil Festival, 2021
Anchorage International Film Festival, 2021
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2021
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2022
Canadian Screen Awards, 2022 *BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
Zinegoak Film Fest, 2022
Beirut International Women Film Festival, 2022
Seattle Queer Film Festival, 2022
International Film Festival of Ottawa, 2022
Reel 2 Reel International Film Festival for Youth, 2022
Festival Filministes, 2022
Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ), 2022
Les Percéides, 2022
Reel Affirmations : Washington DC’s International LGBTQ Film Festival, 2022
Pink Screens Queer Film Festival, 2022