Bird's Nest

TITLE

Bird’s Nest

DIRECTOR

Nadia Louis-Desmarchais

COUNTRY

Canada

YEAR

2022

DURATION

9′

GENRE

Fiction

Overview

Bird's Nest

Lena, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Nadia Louis-Desmarchais

Nadia Louis-Desmarchais is a young afro descendant director who aspires to give a voice to those we too often refuse to hear. She directed the short films “Tell me all about my body” and the controversial “Rated X”, official selection of the Regard festival, RVQC Festival as well as the Filministes Festival. Her first fiction short film "Troubled Water" showcased at the FNC Film Festival, VGIK International Student Film Festival. She is currently writing her first medium-length documentary" Black and White", which is supported by SODEC. Nadia is also developing her first fiction webserie ‘’The adoption constellation’’ in collaboration with TOU.TV. Putting forward a unique and deep sensitivity in her artistic approach, Nadia is eager to get into the professional sphere to write and carry out intimate scenarios which, according to her, give the cinema its universal power.

Credits

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Nadia Louis-Desmarchais

Nadia Louis-Desmarchais is a young afro descendant director who aspires to give a voice to those we too often refuse to hear. She directed the short films “Tell me all about my body” and the controversial “Rated X”, official selection of the Regard festival, RVQC Festival as well as the Filministes Festival. Her first fiction short film "Troubled Water" showcased at the FNC Film Festival, VGIK International Student Film Festival. She is currently writing her first medium-length documentary" Black and White", which is supported by SODEC. Nadia is also developing her first fiction webserie ‘’The adoption constellation’’ in collaboration with TOU.TV. Putting forward a unique and deep sensitivity in her artistic approach, Nadia is eager to get into the professional sphere to write and carry out intimate scenarios which, according to her, give the cinema its universal power.

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Group 1579

Tirana International Film Festival

KIDs +11, Panorama Competition, 2022

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