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
- Director Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
- Screenplay Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
- Cinematography Clémentine Martin
- Editing Miryam Charles
- Cast Varina Epassy, Michmael Aubourg
- Producer/s Laura Kamugisha
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project Title Bird's Nest
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date March 1, 2022
- Country of origin Canada
- Country of filming Canada
- Language French
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
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
Tirana International Film Festival
KIDs +11, Panorama Competition, 2022