The short movie dead catdirected by Annie-Claude Caron and Danick Audet, won the prize for Best Narrative Short Film at the prestigious Tribeca Festival in New York.
The film had its world premiere this week, in official competition in the section Narrative Shorts. The prize won allows the film to be eligible for the race for the Oscars. Quebec director Gabrielle Demers also won a special mention from the jury for Blond night.
Produced by La Boîte à Fanny, Astrid Barrette Tessier and Sophie Valcourt, dead cat is a black comedy starring Léane Labrèche-Dor and Pierre-Yves Cardinal. The film also includes in its cast the young Lilas-Rose Cantin, whose performance was highlighted in Tribeca, Evelyne Rompré and Lila Sofia Houle.
“Among the impressive list of short narrative films, dead cat stood out as a complete work that surprised, amused and resonated on a universal level. This film tells the story of parents trying to protect their daughter from the reality of death, but it does so with as much humor as it does depth,” said the festival jury.