Just Me and You (2019 film)

Just Me and You
FrenchJuste moi et toi
Directed bySandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Written byLuis Molinié
Produced byJohannie Deschambault
StarringFlorin 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]

Awards

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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]

References

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  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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