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ALEX CÔTÉ HALLÉE | CANADA | 2026 | 10 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

ALEX CÔTÉ HALLÉE | CANADA | 2026 | 10 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

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Synopsis

Through site-specific performances, queer bodies return to the living world. Water, grasses and landscapes blur the boundaries between skin and earth, desire and survival, in a sensual exploration of queer ecology, transformation and new ways of relating.

Filmmaker Bio

Alex Côté Hallée is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Tiöhtià:ke / Mooniyang. Their practice spans performance, photography, video, in situ work and land art, and is informed by queer ecology and ecofeminism. A graduate of UQAM's Visual and Media Arts master's program and a doctoral candidate in Art Studies and Practices, they have presented work internationally in exhibitions, festivals and performances. As artistic director of the collective Idylle, they foreground collaboration, material circularity, knowledge co-production and community participation.

Director's Statement

Alex Côté Hallée est un·e artiste multidisciplinaire et cinéaste basé·e à Tiöhtià:ke / Mooniyang. Sa pratique englobe performance, photographie, vidéo, création in situ et land art, nourris par l'écologie queer et l'écoféminisme. Titulaire d'une maîtrise en arts visuels et médiatiques de l'UQAM et doctorant·e en études et pratiques des arts, iel a présenté son travail dans des expositions, festivals et performances à l'international. Comme directeur·rice artistique du collectif Idylle, iel privilégie collaboration, circularité des matériaux, coproduction des savoirs et participation communautaire.

Producer

Idylle

Writer

Alex Côté Hallée, Laurence Tremblay-Vu

Cast

  • Alex Côté Hallée
  • Laurence Tremblay-Vu
  • Mathieu-Philippe Perras
  • Sébastien Provencher
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