I’LL END UP IN JAIL

Maureen’s flight from her husband screeches to a halt when she crashes his monster truck into a car, causing a fatal accident. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, she has no choice but to befriend—and share the blame with—a vulnerable junkie who calls himself Jelly.

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Written and directed by
Alexandre Dostie

Starring

Martine Francke, Emile Schneider,
Guy Thauvette, François D. Jacques and Joseph Delorey

2019 | 23 minutes | fiction

Original version with English subtitles

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Production : art et essai

ALEXANDRE DOSTIE

Born in rural Quebec, Alexandre is a self-taught artist with an eclectic background. A published poet, booze-bruised punk singer, and filmmaker, his first short film, Mutants (2016), traveled to over 100 festivals and won numerous prizes including Best Canadian Short at TIFF. The film was also selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, garnering close to 700K views. His latest offering, I’ll End Up in Jail (2019) has screened at TIFF, Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, and Tampere, and was named Best International Fiction by the Vimeo programming team for their unofficial jury awards at Sundance 2020. Alexandre is currently working on his debut feature, SHAPE.

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PRODUCTION : Hany Ouichou

CINEMATOGRAPHY : Vincent Biron

PRODUCTION DESIGN : Marie-Pier Fortier

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT : Gabrielle Tougas-Frechette

EDITING : Stéphane Lafleur

SOUND : Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare et Isabelle Lussier

MUSIC : Simon Trottier

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FESTIVALS (+ than 100 festivals)

Gala Prends Ça Court! 2020 *PRICE PRIM, PRICE AIR Canada, BEST ACTRESS PRICE, PRICE H264, PRICE SPIRA*
Guanajuato Film Festival 2019
Gala Québec Cinéma 2020
Gala Arts Excellence 2020 *VISUAL ART PRICE / CREATOR OF THE YEAR CALQ *
TIFF 2019
Atlantic International Film Festival 2019
FCVQ 2019
Sudbury International Film Festival 2019
Calgary international Film Festival 2019
Vancouver International Film Festival 2019
Festival du Film de Saint Séverin 2019
Festival du Film de la ville de Québec 2019
Festival Images en Vues 2019
Le Long Week-End du Court 2019
RVQC 2020
Sombre est le Jour @ La Méduse 2019
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