Rebel

A film by
Pier-Philippe Chevigny

Rebel

Genre

Short film

Country

Québec, Canada

Year

2019

Format

Color - 1.66:1

Length

15 min

Language

French
Director's notes
Cast

Édouard B. Larocque, Émile Schneider, Sasha Migliarese, Jean-Nicolas Verreault

Crew

DIRECTING : Pier-Philippe Chevigny

SCREENPLAY : Pier-Philippe Chevigny

PRODUCTION : Geneviève Gosselin-G. (Le Foyer Films)

CINEMATOGRAPHY : Gabriel Brault-Tardif

SOUND : Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon, Simon Gervais

EDITING : Pier-Philippe Chevigny

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Synopsis

Alex, a six-year-old boy from Quebec, is oblivious to the thousands of refugees entering Canada illegally to avoid deportation. Yet when his father takes him along to a vigilante patrol in the woods to hunt out trespassing migrants, something inside him tells him to rebel.

Festivals & awards

Toronto International Film Festival

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur

Festival du nouveau cinéma

South Western International Film Festival

Festival Regard

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma

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Director

About
Biography
Pier-Philippe
Chevigny

Tala | 2014

Vétérane | 2017

Rebel | 2019

Bait | 2020

Richelieu | 2023

Mercenaire | 2024 *Iris du meilleur court ou moyen métrage | fiction

Filmography

Pier-Philippe Chevigny is a filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec. His films combine anxiety-inducing camerawork and suspenseful scripts based on contemporary social issues. His short films Tala, Vétérane, and Rebel were selected at over 200 festivals worldwide. In 2023, his first feature Richelieu was presented at Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Palm Springs and Namur where it won the Bayard for Best First Feature. In 2024, he returned to the short film format with Mercenaire, a social drama that world premiered at TIFF. He is currently developing his follow-up feature.

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