Invincible
TITLE
Invincible
DIRECTOR
Vincent René-Lortie
COUNTRY
Canada
YEAR
2022
8DURATION
29′
GENRE
Fiction
Invincible
Inspired by a true story, INVINCIBLE recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Vincent René-Lortie
Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his grounded, dreamlike narratives. His work is a testament to purposeful and deeply personal storytelling, intended to make his audience reflect on themes such as mental health and childhood. He is a graduate of Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, and is a member of the Young Guns ’20 class, an award ceremony dedicated to creatives under 30 from across the globe. Invincible (2022), his debut narrative short, has been nominated at the 96th Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film and won the International Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Most recently, Vincent has been focusing on bringing to life the experimental film A Dying Tree (2024), currently in post-production, and is developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island.
- DirectorVincent René-Lortie
- ScreenplayVincent René-Lortie
- Cinematography Alexandre Nour Desjardins
- Cast
- EditingThomas Bellefleur
- Producer/s Samuel Caron et Élise Lardinois
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleInvincible
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2022
- Country of originCanada
- Country of filmingCanada
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Vincent René-Lortie
Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his grounded, dreamlike narratives. His work is a testament to purposeful and deeply personal storytelling, intended to make his audience reflect on themes such as mental health and childhood. He is a graduate of Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, and is a member of the Young Guns ’20 class, an award ceremony dedicated to creatives under 30 from across the globe. Invincible (2022), his debut narrative short, has been nominated at the 96th Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film and won the International Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Most recently, Vincent has been focusing on bringing to life the experimental film A Dying Tree (2024), currently in post-production, and is developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island.
