Every week, Raquel (41), a Brazilian immigrant, visits her friend Madeleine (107) in her retirement home in Montreal and tries to convince her to get out of the house. The senior woman refuses: she has nothing else to do outside. Raquel doesn't give up and finds a way to bring Madeleine with her on a road trip to the sea. The result is a journey that plays with reality and fiction and brings a reflection on life, death and the certainty that there is always something to learn along the way.
CREW:
Director: Raquel Sancinetti
Cinematographer: Stéphanie-Anne Weber Biron
Sound: Sacha Ratcliffe
Production
Raquel Sancinetti
Awards
Best Short Documentary at FIPADOC, France (2024), Best Animated Short at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, USA (2024), Audience Award at the Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal (2024), Best Animated Short at the Festival Filministes, Canada (2024), Best Canadian Short Film at the Festival International du Film pour Enfant de Montréal (2024) and at the Gimli Film Festival, Canada (2024), Honorable Mention at the Salt Spring Film Festival, Canada (2024), Public Award at Vues de Québec, France (2024), Jury’s Special Mention at the Festival Vues sur Mer, Canada (2024), Best Short Film at the Festival Quebecuá, Spain (2024), Iris for Best animated short film at Le Gala Quebec Cinema (2023), FIPRESCI International Critic’s Award at the Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (2023), People’s Choice Award at Animated Film Summits, Canada (2023), Best short film - Québec at Les Percéides Festival (2023), Grand Prize for the Best Documentary Short Film (Qualification for the Oscar race) at the Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada (2023), Grand Jury Prize (Oscar race qualification) and the People’s Choice Award at the Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (2023), the Youth Jury Award at the Festival international du film d'Éducation, France (2023)
Director
Raquel Sancinetti
Raquel Sancinetti (Canada) is a Brazilian-Canadian filmmaker living in Montreal. With a background in film post-production, she earned her degree in film animation at Concordia University in 2013. Since then, she has been working on independent films. Her latest work, the animated documentary short film Madeleine (2023) was selected for 40+ festivals (Hot Docs, Slamdance, Regard etc) and has won 11 awards, including Best Documentary Short at Edmonton International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at Uppsala Short Film Festival, which made the film eligible for the Oscars.
