Mother of invention
A FILM BY HOLLY BRACE-LAVOIE
Short Film – Québec – 2022 – 21 min
Color | English with French subtitles | 1:85 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
An author and new mom struggles with paralyzing writer’s block. She finds inspiration IN her neighbors arguments, but when their world and hers collide in real life she faces a moral dilemma that puts her work, her kid and her identity in question.
Cast
Sarah O’Brecht, Theodore O’Brecht, Amir Sám Nakhjavani, Rosemarie Sabor, Thomas Vallière, Amena Ahmad, Nina Duval,Julian Stamboulieh
Crew
DIRECTOR : Holly Brace-Lavoie
WRITER : Holly Brace-Lavoie
PRODUCER : Johannie Deschambault and Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon( SPORT)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Léna Mill-Reuillard
PRODUCTION DESIGN : Suzel D. Smith
SOUND MIXING : Olivier Germain
EDITING : Sophie B. Sylvestre
MUSIC : Peter Venne
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
This Montreal based filmmaker earned a BFA at Concordia before directing her first short film, then transitioned into a career in factual TV, where she developed over 10 greenlit series in true crime, food, science and lifestyle. But the call of fiction was too strong and Holly soon returned with The High Note a comedic web-series that garnered a loyal online following, then wrote and directed The Catch a short film which premiered at the Berlinale. Holly is currently in post-production on her latest short Mother of Invention, and co-writing a feature titled Breed.
FILMOGRAPHY
THE CATCH I 2017
THE LITTLE THINGS I 2017
THE HIGH NOTE I 2014
THE SAME HOUSE I 2018
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Festival Fantasia, 2022
Gala Prends Ça Court, 2022
CineFest Sudbury, 2022
Cinema on the Bayou, 2023
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC), 2023