''Shooting Star'' () is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by
Ariane Louis-Seize
Ariane Louis-Seize is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.
Career
Short films
She received critical acclaim in 2016 for her first short film, '' Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for B ...
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[Norman Wilner]
"10 must-see Canadian short films at TIFF 2020"
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'', September 4, 2020. The film stars Marguerite Bouchard as Chloé, a teenage girl travelling with her mother Nathalie (
Whitney Lafleur
Whitney Lafleur is a Canadian actress from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. ) and her mother's boyfriend Christopher (
Patrick Hivon) to observe
shooting stars, only to begin developing a sexual and romantic attraction of her own to Christopher.
The film premiered at the
2020 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 10 to 21, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the festival took place primarily on an online stream ...
.
[ It was subsequently screened at the ]Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival
The Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival () is an annual film festival which takes place in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.Sean Gordon"How one region in hard-hit Quebec has so little COVID-19 it can hold a film festival" CBC News, Oc ...
, where it won the Prix Télébec, and at the Whistler Film Festival The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pand ...
, where it won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork.[Craig Takeuchi]
"Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans"
''The Georgia Straight
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'', December 21, 2020.
The film received a Prix Iris
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nomination for Best Live Action Short Film
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From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, On ...
at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently tha ...
in 2021.[Jean-François Vandeuren]
"La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021"
''Showbizz.net'', April 26, 2021.
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2020 films
2020 short films
Canadian drama short films
Films shot in Quebec
Films directed by Ariane Louis-Seize
2020 drama films
2020s French-language films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
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