Nara and Her Camera
TITLE
Nara and Her Camera
DIRECTOR
Jérémi Roy
COUNTRY
Canada
YEAR
2025
DURATION
7′
GENRE
Documentary
Overview

Nara and Her Camera
In Holcá, in the Yucatán, 8-year-old Nara wanders and explores her hometown with the help of her new camera.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Jérémi Roy
Jérémi Roy is a Québécois filmmaker and producer based in Montreal. At the age of 21, his debut independent short film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival, confirming his deep attraction to D.I.Y. and resolutely independent cinema. He has since continued to explore this approach to film through five additional short films marked by quiet realism and poetic sensitivity. His work has screened internationally at festivals including Slamdance, BFI FLARE, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and the Vancouver International Film Festival. In 2020, he co-founded Les Productions Beau travail with longtime collaborators Camille Demers-Lambert and Dominick Rustam. In 2023, he participated in the Creators Lab: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. His current projects include a poetic short film shot on 16mm and his debut feature film.
Credits
- DirectorJérémi Roy
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Estephania Bonnett, Jérémi Roy
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleNara and Her Camera
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originCanada
- Country of filmingCanada
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Jérémi Roy
Jérémi Roy is a Québécois filmmaker and producer based in Montreal. At the age of 21, his debut independent short film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival, confirming his deep attraction to D.I.Y. and resolutely independent cinema. He has since continued to explore this approach to film through five additional short films marked by quiet realism and poetic sensitivity. His work has screened internationally at festivals including Slamdance, BFI FLARE, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and the Vancouver International Film Festival. In 2020, he co-founded Les Productions Beau travail with longtime collaborators Camille Demers-Lambert and Dominick Rustam. In 2023, he participated in the Creators Lab: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. His current projects include a poetic short film shot on 16mm and his debut feature film.