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LES BÉCASSEAUX (SHOREBIRDS)

LES BÉCASSEAUX (SHOREBIRDS)

DOM LÉGER | CANADA | 2026 | 15 MIN | FRENCH

DOM LÉGER | CANADA | 2026 | 15 MIN | FRENCH

IN-CINEMAVIRTUALShortMADE AU CANADA
NOV 27 / 19:00ONF Salle Alanis-Obomsawin NFB Alanis Obomsawin Theatre1500 Rue Balmoral. Montréal, QC H3A 2H7 (métro Place des Arts)

Synopsis

In the heat of August, thousands of sandpipers pause their migration in the Bay of Fundy. Nearby, Tom's quiet country life is interrupted by Nancy, a friend he hasn't seen in months. Under watchful hawks and rural masculinity, the two trans friends recharge together.

Filmmaker Bio

Dom Léger is a queer, trans and acadian cultural worker and artist. He lives in the beautiful Memramcook valley in New-Brunswick. Shorebirds is his first independently produced short film.

Director's Statement

This project is an ode to being queer and trans in a rural context. Through this film, I seek to capture the duality that defines so many queer and trans experiences in rural landscapes: the profound freedom found in nature itself, contrasted against the threat that emerges when rural masculinity enters the frame.

Producer

Dom Léger

Writer

Dom Léger

Cast

  • Xénia Gould
  • Dom Léger
  • Wynne Neilly
  • Julien Cormier
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