''Mothers and Monsters'' is a 2023 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by

Édith Jorisch Édith Jorisch is a Canadian filmmaker from Quebec.Odile Tremblay"Mémoire de tableau" ''Le Devoir'', April 27, 2013. She is most noted for her films ''The Heir (L'héritier)'', which won a Prix Gémeaux in 2017 and the Michael Moskovitz Award for ...

. An allegory for women's anxieties and fears about motherhood, the film depicts a group of women at a banquet whose babies are delivered to them in heads of

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, amid an increasingly strange and surreal environment. The cast includes Dean Brisson, Ines Defosse, Arielle Fournier, Juliette Gariépy, Noémie Lanoix, Mylène Mackay, Sarah Ouimette and Aline Winant. The film premiered at the

2023 Toronto International Film Festival The 48th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2023.Victoria Ahearn"TIFF reveals new programmers and other 2023 festival details" '' Playback'', April 20, 2023. The most noted change from past years was tha ...

. It was subsequently screened at the

2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma The 2023 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The festival opened with '' The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant)'' by T ...

, where it won the audience award in the national short film competition. The film was named to TIFF's annual

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list for 2023. The film was a

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...

nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

12th Canadian Screen Awards The 12th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They were held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto ...

in 2024, and received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the

26th Quebec Cinema Awards The 26th Quebec Cinema Awards was held on December 8, 2024, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2023 and 2024.

in 2024.Éric Lavallée
"Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms"
''Ioncinema'', October 9, 2024.

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