PRE-DRINK
A FILM BY MARC-ANTOINE LEMIRE
Short Film – Quebec – 2017 – 23 min
Color | French with English subtitles | 4:3 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.
NOW AVAILABLE ON :
- Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2017 *Best Canadian Short Film
- Talent tout court/Not Short on Talent – Cannes Film Festival, 2017
- Atlantic International Film Festival, 2017
- Festival international du film francophone de Namur, 2017
- Festival international du film de Bordeaux, 2017
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2017
- Prends Ça Court Trouville, 2017
- Festival international du film francophone d’Acadie, 2017
- Whistler Film Festival, 2017
- Thess International Short Film Festival, 2017 *Cinematic Achievement Award
- Southwest International Film Festival, 2018
- Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2018
- Flickerfest, 2018
- Tampere Film Festival, 2018
- Antitube, 2018
- Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, 2018
- Canadian Screen Awards, 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Film
- 15e Gala Prends ça court *Audience Award – Ville de Montréal, Post-Moderne Award
- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
- Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2018
- Nashville Film Festival, 2018
- KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2018
- On vous ment : Festival Documenteur, 2018
- InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Seoul International Women Film Festival, 2018
- Gala Iris Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
- OutFilm : Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Festival 48 Images Seconde, 2018 – *Jury Prize
- Festival Longue Vue sur le court, 2018 – *Best Script
- Moscow International Film Festival, 2018
- Sicilia Queer Film Fest, 2018
- Mostra La Ploma (Espagne), 2018
- Kortfilmfestivalen: The Norwegian Short Film Festival, 2018
- fliQs: Queer Film Nights, 2018
- Frameline, San Francisco, 2018
- Festival MIX Milano, 2018
- Korea Queer Film Festival, 2018
- Outfest Los Angeles, 2018
- Odense International Film Festival, 2018
- Seattle International Film Festival, 2018
- Transgender Film Festival Zurich, 2018
- Lovers Film Festival – Torino Lgbtqi Visions, 2018
- Festival Internacional de Cine IBAFF, 2018
- Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Journées du Cinéma Québécois en Italie: CinemaQuebecItalia, 2018
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2018
- Concordia Film Festival, 2018
- Meziprata Film Festival, 2018 *Best Short Film award
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia IBAFF, 2018
- Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad, 2018
- Écrans Mixtes Lyon, 2018
- Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2018
- 31st annual All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF), 2018
- Reel Affirmations: Washington, DC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
- Off-Courts Trouville 2018
- Queergestreift Filmfestival, 2018
- Zinegoak, International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival, 2018
- Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2018
- Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2018
- Les Percéides, 2018
- L’Espace Filmique, 2018
- Cinéma Diverse, Palm Spring LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Q Cinema – Fort Worth, Texas, 2018
- PROUD film festival, 2018
- Louisville LGBT film festival, 2018
- TWIST Seattle film festival, 2018
- Durham film festival, 2018
- Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ film festival, 2018
- NewFest: The NYC LGBT film festival, 2018
- Reel Affirmation film festival, 2018
- Inside Out 2018 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, 2018
- Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, 2018
- Iris Prize Festival, 2018 *Finalist – Iris Prize
- Encounters Bristol, 2018
- BENT: the 27th annual Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
- Out On Film/Atlanta, 2018
- Trans Film Fest Stockholm, 2018
- SPASM, 2018 *Audience Award
- Chéries-Chéris, Festival LGBT à Paris, 2018 *Grand Prize
- Nahia Film Fest: International Short Film Festival (Spain, Granada), 2018 *Special Jury Award
- Plein(s) Écran(s), 2018
- 26th MIX BRASIL FESTIVAL, 2018
- Queer Screen – Sydney, 2019
- ReelOut – Kingston’s Queer film + Video festival, 2019
- Qflix Philadelphia, 2019
- Go Short – Netherlands, 2019
- Queen’s World film festival, 2019
- Vues d’en Face – Grenoble, 2019
- Académie des Césars – Nuits en Or, 2019
- Prague Pride screening – Meziprata Film Festival, 2019
CAST
- Pascale Drevillon
- Alex Trahan
CREW
- Screenplay: Marc-Antoine Lemire
- Director: Marc-Antoine Lemire
- Production: Maria Gracia Turgeon & Marc-Antoine Lemire
- Cinematographer: Léna Mill-Reuillard
- Production designer: Marc-Antoine Lemire
- Editing: Anouk Deschênes
- Sound: Laurent Ouellette
- Sound Design: Jean-David Perron, Theo Porcet
- Mix: Jean-David Perron, Theo Porcet
After completing a BFA in film in Montreal, Marc-Antoine Lemire directed the short film “Inner Jellyfishes” (winner of the Vanguard Award, SF Shorts, San Francisco, 2015), motivated by the passion of an independent and free cinema. Marc-Antoine is interested in a daring and sensitive art that rather focus on the character’s point of view than on technical prowess. His new short, PRE-DRINK, won the Award for BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM at TIFF 2017.
FILMOGRAPHY
Pre-Drink – 2017
Inner Jellyfishes (Les Méduses) – 2015
- Festival de Cine de Granada
- SF Shorts – Lauréat du VANGUARD AWARD – San Francisco, US.
- Outfest – Compétition Officielle – Los Angeles, US.
- Image+Nation – Sélection Officielle – Montréal, Canada.
- Mardi Gras film Festival – Sélection Officielle – Sydney, Australie.
- Roze Filmdaggen – Compétition Officielle – Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
- Brisbane Queer Festival – Compétition Officielle – Brisbane, Australie.
- BFI Flare – Sélection Officielle – Londres, UK.
- Rio Fest. de Gênero & Sexualidade – Comp. – Rio de Janeiro, Argentine.
- Springfield MA LGBT film festival – Sélection Officielle, Springfield, US.
- Kashish Mumbaï Int. Queer film fest – Sélection Officielle, Bombay, Inde.
- TWIST : Seattle Queer Film Festival – Sélection Officielle – Seattle, US.
- Vinokino – Compétition – Turku / Helsinki, Finlande.
- PROUD! Filmfestival – Sélection Officielle -Aarhus, Danemark.
- Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage – Compétition – Hambourg, Allemagne.
- Festival Mix Mexico – Compétition Officielle – Mexico, Mexique.
- Festival Mix Milano – Sélection spéciale Cinéma Canadien – Milan, Italie.
- Melbourne Queer film Festival – Compétition Officielle – Melbourne, Australie.