Just Me and You (2019 film)

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Just Me and You
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French Juste moi et toi
Directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Written byLuis Molinié
Produced byJohannie Deschambault
Starring Florin Peltea
Dalia Binzari
CinematographyMathieu Laverdière
Edited byRichard Comeau
Music byPeter Venne
Production
company
Les Films Camera Oscura
Distributed byH264 Distribution
Release date
  • 11 February 2019 (2019-02-11)(Berlin)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench & Romanian

Just Me and You (French : Juste moi et toi) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers and released in 2019. [1] The film centres on eight-year-old Eva and her father going on a Montreal to Mexico road trip aboard an 18-wheeler. [2]

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Awards

The film premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film (Kplus). [3] It won several awards at other film festivals, including the Best Narrative Short award at the Hamptons International Film Festival, [4] the Grand National Prize at Regard film festival in Saguenay, [5] and the award for Best Editing at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival. [6]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards, [7] and won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Juste moi et toi remporte l'ours du meilleur court métrage jeunesse à la Berlinale - Actualité". L'inis. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Céline Roustan, "Juste moi et toi (Just Me and You)". Short of the Week, November 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Deux réalisatrices québécoises gagnent chacune un Ours à la Berlinale". Ici Radio-Canada, February 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Evans, Greg (October 15, 2019). "Hamptons Film Fest Audience Awards Bless 'The Two Popes' And Oliver Sacks Doc – Update". Deadline. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Award Winners at the 23rd Regard Festival".[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Maxime Demers, "Un court métrage qui fait le tour du monde". Le Journal de Montréal , December 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ Anne-Marie Gravel, "Forêt Noire en lice aux prix Écrans canadiens". Le Quotidien , February 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.


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