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Heat Spell
A film by
Marie-Pier Dupuis
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.
Agathe Ledoux, Gabrielle Poulin B., Simone Ledoux
DIRECTING: Marie-Pier Dupuis
SCREENPLAY: Marie-Pier Dupuis
PRODUCTION: Amélie Tremblay (Nemesis Films)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Simran Dewan
SOUND: Martyne Morin, Ilyaa Ghafouri, Geoffrey Mitchell
ORIGINAL SCORE: Peter Venne
EDITING: Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
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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.
CineFest Miskolc
San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival
Cinemagic BELFAST
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue *TV5 Award
Anchorage International Film Festival
Izmir International Short Film Festival
Foyle Film Festival
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma
Flickfest International Short Film Festival
Gender Equity in Media Festival *Best Short Film
Tampere Film Festival
International Film Festival of Ottawa
Florida Film Festival
Festival du Film canadien de Dieppe *Best Short Film
Reflets du Cinéma canadien
Festival Court d’un Soir
Festival du Film de l’Outaouais
In the Palace International Short Film Festival
Festival du Film francophone d’Autriche
Festival BAZAR *SLA Award, Jury Award
Vaughan International Film Festival *Best Film, Best Directing
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Les Percéides
FICBUEU
Focus on Female Filmmakers
Ottawa Film Festival
Heat Spell I 2023
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.
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