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HEAT SPELL

A FILM BY MARIE-PIER DUPUIS

Short Film – Québec – 2023 – 13 min
Color | French with English subtitles | 1.85 | 5.1

SYNOPSIS

A hot summer day. A half-unpacked house. A mother who needs room to breathe, and a child who needs space to exist. As the afternoon heat turns oppressive, time seems to move entirely differently for each person.

Cast

Agathe Ledoux, Gabrielle Poulin B, Simone Ledoux

Crew

DIRECTOR : Marie-Pier Dupuis
WRITER : Marie-Pier Dupuis
PRODUCERS : Amélie Tremblay (Nemesis films)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Simran Dewan
PRODUCTION DESIGN : Catherine White
SOUND DESIGN : Ilyaa Ghafouri
EDITING : Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
MUSIC : Peter Venne

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    Director statement

    Heat Spell is the story of a child, but above all the story of a family. Taking place over a single afternoon, the film zooms in on a mother and her two kids. We witness how each character’s past experiences impact their perceptions, and how perceptions rule emotions. Through the eyes of eight-year-old Maxime, we follow the banality of an act, as a heaviness accumulates through a string of ordinary events. In her debut short film, Marie-Pier Dupuis explores the subtilties that underlie family dynamics—and the ripple effect when one person falters.

    DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

    Marie-Pier Dupuis graduated from UQAM in 2016 and has been editing documentary and fiction films ever since. She has always been drawn by narrative structures in which form and content converge. Recently her interests—poutine, microwaved coffee and Quebec reality TV—have led her to screenwriting and directing. Produced by Némésis Films in summer 2022, L’été des chaleurs is Dupuis’ first short film.

    FILMOGRAPHY

    HEAT SPELL I 2023 (Directing)

    SOLO I 2023 (Editing)

    DAYS I 2023 (Editing)

    LES ENFANTS DU LARGE I 2022 (Editing)

    FESTIVALS & AWARDS

    Brussels Short Film Festival, 2023 *ARTE AWARD

    New Directors New Films, 2023 *SILVER LYNX AWARD – BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

    CineFest Miskolc, 2023

    Melbourne International Film Festival, 2023

    Off-Courts Trouville, 2023

    San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival, 2023

    Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), 2023

    Telluride Film Festival, 2023

    Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, 2023

    Cinemagic BELFAST, 2023

    BOGOSHORTS Film Festival, 2023

    Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FCIAT), 2023 *PRIX TV5

    Anchorage International Film Festival, 2023

    Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2023

    Foyle Film Festival, 2023

    RVQC, 2024

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