Night #1

Night #1

35 mm / DCP / HD - 2011 - Canada - 91 min - Color - Drama


Night #1

Original title: Nuit #1

A film by Anne Emond

Clara and Nikolaï meet at a rave. They return to Nikolaï’s apartment and make love. Afterwards, instead of parting, the two lovers divulge their deepest secrets to one another. Nikolaï is a beautiful loser. At thirty one years old, he leads a simple and frugal life. He applies himself to reading the great classics of literature but never finishes a book he has begun. Unable to submit to any schedule, he finds himself unfit for work. He envisions big projects and has large ideas but, inevitably and despite himself, loses sight of them before they are realized. Clara, like Nikolaï, seems not to be made for this world. She leads a double life. By day, she works as a grade three school teacher; by night, she is a compulsive party-girl. She goes out every night, gets drunk and high and sleeps with men, women or both at once.

Original language: French
Produced by: Nancy GRANT & Sylvain CORBEIL (METAFILMS)

Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 2011
Busan IFF, Korea 2011 – Official Selection
Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada 2011
Hof International Film Festival, Germany 2011
Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany 2011
Festival International du Film d'Amiens, France 2011 – Official Competition
Cinéma du Québec à Paris, France 2011
Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie, Canada 2011
Festival international du Film de Pau, France 2011
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA 2012
Pune international film Festival, India 2012
Rencontres internationales du Cinéma de Patrimoine et du Film restauré de Vincennes, France 2012
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands 2012 - Bright Future section
Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden 2012
Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, Turkey 2012
Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico 2012
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Uruguay 2012
Showroom Sheffield -projections spéciales EoF- UK 2012
Festival de Cine Distrital, Mexico 2012
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan 2012
East End Film Festival, UK 2012
Vladivostok "Pacific Meridian" Festival, Russia 2012
FilmForum Zadar International Film Festival, Croatia 2012
Cinematik Piešťany International Film Festival, Slovakia 2012
CineFest International Festival Miskolc, Hungary 2012
Vladivostok "Pacific Meridian" Festival, Russia 2012
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium 2012
Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania 2012
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel 2012
Mostra International de Cine de Saõ Paulo, Brazil 2012
Braunschweig Film festival, Germany 2012
Festival du film français - Ecrans d'hiver, Vilnius 2013
Pune International Film Festival, 2013
Festival Int. Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany 2013

Awards:
Special Mention of the Jury - Toronto International Film Festival 2011 / Pyrénée de la meilleure actrice pour Catherine de Léan - Festival du Film de Pau 2011 / Grand Prize for best film - Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany 2011 / Shaw Media Award for Best Canadian Feature Film - Vancouver 2011 / Prix de l’innovation – Daniel Langlois, Montreal FNC 2011

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Anne Emond

Born in 1982, Anne Émond is a Montreal-based screenwriter and filmmaker. In 2005, she achieved a Bachelor Degree in Film production from Québec University in Montréal. In the last six years, she has written and directed seven short films. During the 2009 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, she was awarded with the Coop Vidéo Award for Best Direction for her short film L’ordre des choses. That same year, the film was also nominated for the best short film Jutra award. Naissances was selected for Canada’s Top Ten 2009 Palmares, and won the prize for Best narrative short film at the last edition of the Brooklyn International Film Festival. In 2010, Sophie Lavoie won the prize for Best Short Film at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Her first feature film, Nuit #1, Premiered at the 2011 edition of Toronto International Film Festival where it won a special mention from the jury for Best First Canadian Feature Film. After a presentation at the Busan International Film Festival, it won a prize for Best Canadian Film at Vancouver International Film Festival and Daniel Langlois’ Best innovative Prize at Festival du nouveau cinema in Montréal.

Anne Emond


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