Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Gabriel Drolet-Maguire, a queer fashion designer living in Montréal, takes us into their artistic world to speak about their HIV diagnosis and the process of acceptance that led them to reach out to the HIV-positive community. IT WILL ALWAYS END IN THE END is a timely and hopeful look at past and present day HIV activism in Quebec.

Production :
Portail VIH/SIDA Québec
Distribution :
Welcome Aboard
Animation :
Jessie Posthumus
Music :
Paloma Daris
Sound designer :
Paloma Daris
Editing :
Jessie Posthumus
Cinematographer :
Catherine Lefebvre
Artistic direction :
Stephanie Burbano

In competition for :


Short $ Queer Award

Audience award Focus competition

Direction
  • Nancy Pettinicchio

    Nancy Pettinicchio is an Italian-Canadian non-binary filmmaker from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal exploring topics surrounding gender, mental and physical health, and coming of age. Their first short film FALENA (2022) premiered internationally at the Palm Springs ShortFest, screened in festivals across Canada, the United States, and Europe, and won the image+nation 2022 Best Québec Short Film award.