''Rebel'' () is a Canadian short drama film, directed by

Pier-Philippe Chevigny Pier-Philippe Chevigny (born 1988) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec,Martin Gignac"Portrait du TIFF: Pier-Philippe Chevigny" ''Voir'', September 6, 2019. most noted for his 2019 short film ''Rebel (2019 film), Rebel (Recrue)' ...

and released in 2019.Martin Gignac
"Portrait du TIFF: Pier-Philippe Chevigny"
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'', September 6, 2019. The film centres on Alex (Edouard B. Larocque), a six-year-old boy whose father Dave ( Émile Schneider) is a member of a

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militia who are hunting

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; taken out on the expedition, Alex is initially happy to play and have fun, but quickly changes his perspective and begins to rebel against his father after a chance encounter with a family hiding in the trees awakens him to what's actually going on. The cast also includes

Jean-Nicolas Verreault Jean-Nicolas Verreault (born August 28, 1967) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his starring role as Evian in the 2000 film '' Maelström'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 21st Genie Awar ...

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, Luc Boucher, Irlande Côté, Amir Sám Nakhjavani, Baharan BaniAhmadi, Denis Marchand, Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque, Ines Feghouli, Serge Pelletier, Juliette Maxyme Proulx, Ghislain LaRocque and Eliott Plamondon. According to Chevigny, the film was inspired by a photograph of a young boy waving a flag at a ''

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'' demonstration.Ilana Belfer
"A Local Director Found A Totally Unique Way To Depict Right-Wing Extremism In Quebec"
''MTL Blog'', March 8, 2021. However, he also stated that he felt it was important for the film to not portray the militia members as straightforward villains, but as fundamentally normal people caught up in the emotion of the political climate around the migration crisis at the time the film was made. The film premiered at the

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. It was screened at over 100 film festivals over the next two years, and won various awards; an award from the

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placed it in longlisted contention for the

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at the

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in 2021,Dan Spector
"Quebec short film exploring rise of right-wing extremism makes Oscar long list"

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, February 8, 2021. although it did not make the final list of nominees.

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* 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 short films French-language Canadian films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec Films directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny {{2010s-Canada-film-stub