Mothers & Monsters + Les rayons gamma
The Prix RÉALS aim to recognize ARRQ members who have demonstrated daring, originality, and/or taken creative and narrative risks in their work, or in a part of their work (such as a scene, title sequence, technological innovation, shot, etc.) that was broadcast over the past year. We invite you to discover the 2024 winners for free!
In the presence of Édith Jorisch & Henri Bernadet
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? Mothers & Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
Winner of the Prix RÉAL 2024 - Œuvre format court
There’s Abdel, whose quiet life is turned upside down by the arrival of his extrovert cousin, whom he takes in for the summer; Fatima, who longs for a more stable existence and is trying to get away from her bad associations; Toussaint, who, on a fishing trip, finds a bottle washed up with a message inside. There’s also Naïma, Maya, Ayoub and the others, a pastel castle lining the freeway, electric cicadas, a monolith and very powerful rays. A blend of fiction and documentary, Gamma Rays is a dramatic comedy filmed with the youth from the St-Michel district of Montreal.
Winner of the Prix RÉAL 2024 - Œuvre de fiction unique
Henry Bernadet
A graduate in film from Concordia University, Henry Bernadet has authored around twenty short films showcased in Quebec and abroad. He won the Vidéaste Recherché competition with his first film and went on to direct numerous portraits and documentaries for television and the NFB. His debut feature film, West of Pluto (2008), co-directed by Myriam Verreault, is a dramatic comedy that follows the lives of a dozen teenagers from the suburbs over a period of 24 hours. The film was warmly received by both audiences and critics. In 2023, he co-writes and directs the feature film blending documentary and fiction, Gamma Rays.
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