When Monsters Were Real
A FILM BY SOPHIE FARKAS BOLLA
Short Film – Quebec – 2015 – 22 min
Color | French with English subtitles | 4:3 | 5:1
SYNOPSIS
It is said that long, long ago, the wild children were bestowed the gift of eternal youth. But one day, one of them started growing up and according to legend, grew so much he turned into a monster. Ravenous, he ate the smallest children and spread terror in his wake. Forced to seek protection, the village chief decided to banish the children who had become too tall before they had a chance to transform. The forest emu would come get them and escort them to the world of monsters, where they disappeared forever.
- Festival du nouveau cinéma, 2015
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, 2016
- Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, 2016
- Flicker’s : Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2016
- Off-Courts Trouville, Trouville-sur-Mer, France, 2016
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, 2016
- Jameson Cinefest – Miskolc International Film Festival, 2016
- Big Water Film Festival, 2016
- Longue vue sur le court – Festival international de courts métrages du Sud-Ouest de Montréal, 2016
- Plein(s) Écran(s) Film Festival, Canada, 2016
- Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2017
- Tout court : Nouvelles voix du cinéma francophone, Bologne, 2017
- Golden Elephant : International Children’s Film Festival India, 2017
CAST
- Clifford Leduc-Vaillancourt
- Sienna Mazzone
- Jean-Carl Boucher
- Shanti Corbeil-Gauvreau
CREW
- Screenplay: Sophie Farkas Bolla
- Director: Sophie Farkas Bolla
- Production: Hany Ouichou (Art & Essai)
- Cinematography: Stéphanie Weber-Biron
- Production Design: Josie-Anne Lemieux
- Editing: Sophie Farkas Bolla
- Sound: Guillaume Daoust, Gaëlle Komàr
- Sound Design: Sylvain Bellemare
- Sound Mixing: Stéphane Bergeron
- Original Music: Peter Venne
- Animation: Nicolas Germain-Marchand, Estelle Richer
Filmmaker and editor, Sophie Farkas Bolla was born in Montréal and started being involved in both visual and performing arts at a very young age. She attended Concordia University in Film Production and graduated in 2006. Soon after, she began working as a film editor while continuing to develop her own films. In 2009, she directed Chronicles by the Other, which enjoyed a good festival run and in 2012 she completed her second short Istvan and the fur trout, a cinematic tale about growing up and disillusionment. When monsters were real is her third film and explores our fears from childhood. She is also writing her first feature, Nagypapa, a dramatic comedy evolving in a charming, yet particular family.
FILMOGRAPHY
When Monsters Were Real (Au temps des monstres) – 2015
- Festival du nouveau cinéma, 2015
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, 2016
- Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, 2016
- Flicker’s : Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2016
- Off-Courts Trouville, Trouville-sur-Mer, France, 2016
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, 2016
- Jameson Cinefest – Miskolc International Film Festival, 2016
- Big Water Film Festival, 2016
- Longue vue sur le court – Festival international de courts métrages du Sud-Ouest de Montréal, 2016
- Plein(s) Écran(s) Film Festival, Canada, 2016
- Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2017
- Tout court : Nouvelles voix du cinéma francophone, Bologne, 2017
- Golden Elephant : International Children’s Film Festival India, 2017
Istvan et la truite à fourrure – 2012
- Off-Courts, Trouville, France 2012
- Festival du film de San Diego, USA, 2012
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, 2013
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, G.-B., 2013
- Big Water Film Festival, Washburn, USA, 2013
Les chroniques de l’autre – 2009
- Filmstock Film Festival, Luton, G.-B., 2009
- Big Water Film Festival, Washburn, USA, 2009 (prix)
- Global Cinema Festival, Indore, Inde, 2009
- Falstaff International Film Festival, Stratford, G.-B., 2009
- Images en vue, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, 2009
- Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Chicoutimi, 2010
- Crossroad Film Festival, Jackson, USA, 2010
- Festival des films du monde, Montréal, 2010
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Moncton, 2010
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