Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Pascal suspects the worst when he reads the post of Jérémy, a former classmate. He immediately alerts the police, convinced that Jérémy is on the verge of attacking his ex-colleagues. Feeling that the police won’t do anything, Pascal decides to go help the young man himself.

Production :
Unité Centrale
Contact :
Music :
Xavier Germain-Poitras
Sound designer :
Stéphane Bergeron , Simon Gervais and Laurent Ouellette
Cast :
André Kasper and Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard
Editing :
Jules Saulnier
Cinematographer :
François Messier-Rheault
Artistic direction :
Gabrielle Bossé-Beal
Screenplay :
Charles Dionne

In competition for :


Canadian Grand Prize

Jury Award

International Fipresci Critic’s Award

Public Award - Official Competition

Direction
  • Jean-François Leblanc

    Borned in Quebec City, Jean-François has directed several short films including The Guy From Work (TIFF 2015), The Prince of Val-Bé (SIFF 2019) and Landgraves (55 festival selections, 17 awards). Virga is his eighth short film. He is currently working on the development of two feature films.