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Ransack

A FILM BY MARIANNE FARLEY

Short Film – Quebec – 2015 – 14:10 min
Color | French with English subtitles | 1:85:1 | Dolby SRD 5.1

SYNOPSIS

Driven by his adolescent urge to flout convention, Loïc decides to tail along with his friends when they break into a house in a well-off neighborhood. An unforeseen event forces him to look deep within his heart and come to a crucial decision.

  • Regard : Saguenay International Short Film Festival, 2015
  • Art Film Fest, Slovakia, 2015
  • FANTASIA International Film Festival, Canada, 2015, *Best Editing 
  • Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada, 2015
  • Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2015
  • Festival Images en vue, Canada, 2015
  • Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada, 2016
  • Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival, Canada, 2016
  • Hamburg Mo&Friese Children Short Film Festival, Germany, 2016
  • Cinema Lumière en Bologne (NuVo), Italy, 2016
  • Court mais trash, Belgium, 2016

CAST

  • Arthur Ramonda
  • Gabriel Maillé
  • Jean-Luc Terriault
  • Madani Tall
  • Joanna Noyes
  • Michel Perron

CREW

  • Screenplay: Clodie Parent
  • Director: Marianne Farley
  • Production: Charlotte Beaudoin-Poisson, Sophie Ricard-Harvey
  • Cinematography: Marc Simpson-Threlford
  • Production Design: Mari-Eve Pasquette
  • Editing: Mathieu Bélanger
  • Sound Design: Francis Lacelle, Kevin T. Landry
  • 1st AD: Nancy-Lyne Beaudry
  • Sound Design: Luc Bouchard
  • Sound Mixing: Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau
  • Original Soundtrack: Sébastien Arribas et Alfred Thérien
  • Color: Julien Alix

Marianne Farley is a director/screenwriter, producer, and actress from Montreal, Canada. Although she began her career as a singer, in 1997 her acting work started garnering attention. Fully bilingual, she has performed in a variety of projects in Canada, the U.S., and even Finland. Her work in television includes Heroes Reborn (NBC), This Life (CBC), 19-2(Bravo), The Dead ZoneLe Gentleman, and Les Invincibles. In film, she has played in, among others, La Peau Blanche (Best First Feature film award at the 2004 TIFF, and Claude Jutra Award at the 2005 Genie Awards), Christmas ChoirImaginaerum, and Uvanga.

A true lover of the seventh art, Marianne has also produced four short films and is currently developing two features, one as a producer and one as a director. In August of 2014, more than ready to bring her artistic vision to the next level, she directed her first short film, Ransack(Saccage), which has been selected by numerous film festivals throughout the world.

Marianne has a passion for profound yet simple storytelling. Her experience as an actress drives every decision she makes as a director. The characters must propel the story forward in the truth of the moment. In November 2015 she studied writing with Dara Marks and Deb Norton (Engaging The Feminine Heroic) and it opened her up to a whole new perspective on writing for women.

In December 2016, Marianne shot her second short film Marguerite, which she also wrote.

FILMOGRAPHY

Marguerite – 2017

  • Festivals coming soon

Ransack (Saccage) –  2015

  • Regard : Saguenay International Short Film Festival, 2015
  • Art Film Fest, Slovakia, 2015
  • FANTASIA International Film Festival, Canada, 2015, *Best Editing 
  • Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada, 2015
  • Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2015
  • Festival Images en vue, Canada, 2015
  • Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada, 2016
  • Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival, Canada, 2016
  • Hamburg Mo&Friese Children Short Film Festival, Germany, 2016
  • Cinema Lumière en Bologne (NuVo), Italy, 2016
  • Court mais trash, Belgium, 2016
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