Like the Ones I Used to Know

A film by
Annie St-Pierre

Like the Ones I Used to Know

Genre

Short film

Country

Quebec, Canada

Year

2021

Format

Color - 1:77

Length

18 min

Language

French
Director's notes
Cast

Steve Laplante, Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Larissa Corriveau, Amélie Grenier, Jérémie Jacob and Laurent Lemaire

Crew

DIRECTING : Annie St-Pierre

SCNREEPLAY : Annie St-Pierre

PRODUCTION : Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering (Colonelle films)

CINEMATOGRAPHY : Etienne Roussy

SOUND : Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Bernard Gariépy Strobl

ORIGINAL SCORE : Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux

EDITING : Myriam Magassouba

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Synopsis

December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.; Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, Santa Claus is late and Denis, alone in his car, is anxious about the idea of setting foot in his ex-in-law’s house to pick up his children. Like the Ones I Used to Know is an early coming-of-age that is as squeaky as it is poetic.

Festivals & awards

Sundance Film Festival

Tampere Film Festival

SXSW

Jury's Special Mention - Directing
Jury's Special Mention - Mailchimp

Annapolis Film Festival

Audience Award

Aspen Short Fest

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Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival – Québec en Courts

Tampere Film Festival

Florida Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

Gala Prends ça Court! *MELS Short Film Award, Best Actor – Steve Laplante, Special Jury Mention for Christophe Lamarche-ledoux, KO24 Award

San Diego International ShortFest

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Brussels Short Film Festival

REGARD Film Festival *Grand Canadian Prize

Krakow Film Festival

Boulder International Film Festival

Filem On Brussels

Palm Springs International ShortFest

LA Shorts *Best Comedy Award

Indy Shorts *Grand Prize

Galway Film

Cordillera International Film Festival *Best of the Festival (Short Film), Best Director (Short Film)

Fantasia *MATV Montreal Creativity Award, AARQ Award for Best Direction

Concorto Film Festival

Encounters Film Festival

Long week-end du court

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur *Jury's International Favorite

Off-Courts Trouville

Les Percéides

Courts d’un Soir

Miami Short Film Festival

Indie Street Film Festival

Calgary International Film Festival *Best Short Film Award

Nevada City Film Festival

Miami Short Film Festival

Guanajuato Short Film Festival *SIGNIS Award, Special Jury Mention (Best Short Fiction Film)

Nashville Film Festival *Best Narrative Short Film
The 15 Short Film Festival

24 FPS International Short Film Festival *Bronze Medal, Best Actor (Steve Laplante), Best Screenplay

Indie Street Film Festival

Naples International Film Festival *Rising Star Award

Calgary International Film Festival *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Fiction Film

El Paso Film Festival

Nevada City Film Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival

Bolton Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival

Tirana International Film Festival

AfterImage Film Fest

Tacoma Film Festival

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Valladolid International Film Festival

Holidays 365 International Film Festival *Best International Short Film, Best Director (Annie St-Pierre), Best Cinematography (Étienne Roussy), Best Actress in a Short Film (Lilou Roy-Lanouette)

Pittsburgh Shorts & Script Competition

Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue *SPIRA Award

Festival SPASM *Jury’s Grand Prize

Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie *La Vague Award - Best Canadian Short Film

Images en Vues *Jury Prize - Best Quebec Short Film

New Orleans Film Festival

Leeds International Film Festival

Coronado Island Film Festival

St.Louis International Film Festival

Sulmona International Film Festival *Best Director, Best Screenplay

South Western International Film Festival

Longue vue sur le court *SPIRA Award – Best Quebec Short Film, Quebec-wide Audience Award

Anchorage International Film Festival *Audience Award - Best Short Fiction Film (3rd Place)

24th Olympia International Film Festival *Best Live Action Short Film

Shorts That are Not Pants

zmir International Short Film Festival

Itinerant Program of Guanajuato International Film Festival

TIFF Canada’s Top Ten

Big Water Film Festival

São Paulo Film Festival

Festival un poing c’est court de Vaulx-en-Velin

Plein(s) Écran(s)

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival  *Best International Short Film

Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival

Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal (FIFEM)

Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone

Prix Écrans Canadiens : Catégorie du meilleur court métrage de fiction

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma

Reel 2 Reel international Film Festival for Youth

Beirut International Women Film Festival *Best Overall Composition

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

Festival International du Film Court d’Angoulême

Festival Tout Court

Journées du Cinéma Québécois en Italie

Fargo Film Festival *Honorable Mention

Americana Film Fest

International Short and Independent Film Festival – Dhaka

Cleveland International Film Festival

Cinemagic «On the Pulse» Short Film Festival

Rhode Island programme Ciné-Québec

International Film Festival of Ottawa

Mecal Pro – Barcelona International Short and Animation

Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival

Milwaukee Film Festival *Jury’s Award - Best short Film

Ennesimo Film Festival

Gala IRIS *Best Short Film

Festival of Tolerance de Zagreb

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

Bucharest Short Film Festival

La Guarimba *Audience Award Vitaliano Camarca

Mostra de Curtmetratges Dr Mabuse

Desertscape International Film Festival

Boyne Valley International Film Festival

Postira Seaside Film Festival

18th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival *Best drama

Festifilm de la Beauce

Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec

San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival

Le Cri du Court

Femme Filmmakers Festival *Best Actor (Steve Laplante)

Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival *First Prize

Reggio Film Festival

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Director

About
Biography
Annie
St-Pierre

Your Higher Self| 2024

Like the Ones I Used to Know | 2020

Wilcox | 2019 *Productrice

让-⻢克·瓦雷 (Jean-Marc Vallée) | 2015

The Other Guibord of the Camera | 2015

My Name is Gabrielle Too | 2013

Farmer | 2013

It's Me I Promise| 2008

Commuting For Love | 2007

Jean-Pierre Ronfard : Experimental Subject | 2003

Filmography

Annie St-Pierre was born in St-Pascal-de-Kamouraska and studied film at the Université du Quebec at Montreal. A documentary filmmaker fascinated by the parallel worlds that populate ordinary life, she has directed Migration amoureuse, a co-production with France and Belgium that won the Pierre Perrault Best Documentary Hope Award, and Fermières, a feature film presented at the closing of the RIDM and widely distributed in Quebec theatres. Her first short fiction film 让-马克-瓦雷 won the Best French-language screenplay award at the Regard Festival. An apostle of independent cinema, she also collaborates as a script advisor, casting director, actress or producer with directors who inspire her, including Matthew Rankin, Denis Côté and Monia Chokri.

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