The feature film viking, by Stéphane Lafleur, and the short film Oasisby Justine Martin, are the two winning films of the 12e edition of the Prix collégial du cinema québécois, awarded Sunday in Quebec.
“A comic science fiction in the image of Quebec, a humor specific to us, questions of identity, our relationship to the United States, reflections on cinema as such. A great film, funny and intelligent,” summed up the organizers of Lafleur’s work in the press release.
With regard to the very first Prix collégial du cinéma québécois du court, the representatives of the CEGEPs underlined “being touched by the simplicity and the original subject of the film Oasisthe delicacy by which the complicity of the relationship is transposed to the screen thanks to the images, the beauty of the shots of nature and the choice of the symbolic places of this remarkable short film”.
At the initiative of CEGEP professors wishing to share their passion for Quebec cinema, the Prix collégial du cinema québécois was created in 2012.