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COMME UN ÉCLAT ( LIKE A SPARK)

COMME UN ÉCLAT ( LIKE A SPARK)

FLAVIEN DEMEURE | CANADA | 2025 | 11 MIN | FRENCH

FLAVIEN DEMEURE | CANADA | 2025 | 11 MIN | FRENCH

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NOV 25 / 19:00ONF Salle Alanis-Obomsawin NFB Alanis Obomsawin Theatre1500 Rue Balmoral. Montréal, QC H3A 2H7 (métro Place des Arts)

Synopsis

After his mother's death, fourteen-year-old Mathis moves in with his estranged grandmother. Trying on his mother's chemotherapy wig, grief opens a tender path toward self-expression and connection.

Filmmaker Bio

Flavien Demeure is a screenwriter and director. Since his teenage years, he has been committed to working with young people while nurturing a passion for cinema. For over 15 years, he has collaborated with child actors as both an acting coach and assistant director, combining artistic rigor and care to reveal the authenticity of their performances. His short films, selected at international festivals, explore childhood, resilience, and solidarity through sensitive and universal narratives. He is currently developing La Perruque, his first feature film, which addresses grief, drag, and intergenerational transmission with a poetic and deeply human approach.

Writer

Flavien Demeure

Cast

  • Léopold Lafontaine
  • Claire Jacques
  • Tanya van Blokland
  • Dji Haché
  • Dominique de Juriew

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