19TH CINEMA ON THE BAYOU FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
Animation
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Madeleine / Canada / Dir. Raquel Sancinetti
Experimental
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT AWARD
Dinosauria, We / Canada / Dir. Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer (in attendance)
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Résonance / Canada / Dir. Lucile Parry-Canet
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Reciprocity Failure / U.S.A. / Dir. Ben Westlake
Documentary
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT AWARD
The Inside Singers / U.S.A. / Dir. Daniel Kolen (representatives in attendance)
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Banks (Des Rives) / Canada / Dirs. David Sanchez, Billie-Jazz Marcusso-Roy, Jérôme Léwa Cadet (Billie-Jazz in attendance)
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Mixed Memories / Canada / Dir. Katherine Adams (in attendance)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD
KITE ZO A / Canada / Dir. Kaveh Nabatian
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SPECIAL JURY AWARD
African Reasons / Brazil / Dir. Jefferson Mello (in attendance)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Without Them I am Lost / U.S.A. / Dir. Charles M. Pepiton (in attendance)
Narrative
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT AWARD
Lobsters Don’t Scream / Canada / Dir. Fanny Lefort
NARRATIVE SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
The Masterpiece / Spain / Dir. Àlex Lora
NARRATIVE SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Pacific Bell / Canada / Dir. Sandrine Béchade (in attendance with young male lead)
NARRATIVE SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Big George / U.S.A. / Dir. Jamie Effros (in attendance)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE AWARD
DitO / Japan / Dir. Takashi Yuki (in attendance)
NARRATIVE FEATURE SPECIAL JURY AWARD
My Mother’s Men / Canada / Dir. Anik Jean
NARRATIVE FEATURE SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Notre Dame de Moncton / Canada / Dir. Denise Bouchard
Inspiration Award
Roots, Diaspora & War / Canada / Dir. Phil Comeau (in attendance)
Le Train Bleu
El Funeral / U.S.A. / Dir. Sofía Blanco (in attendance)
Audience Award
Cajun Navy Ground Force: The Future of Disaster Relief / U.S.A. / Dir. Martin Brittingham (representatives in attendance)
Director’s Choice Award
A Whale’s Prophecy / Canada / Dirs. Julien Robichaud, Gilles Doiron (both in attendance)
Cinema on the Bayou's Saturday Night Feature Film is the U.S. Premiere of "My Mother's Men" with Quebec Director Anik Jean In Attendance
The 19th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival's Saturday night Feature Film is the U.S. Premiere of "My Mother's Men" with Quebec Director Anik Jean in attendance. The film will screen on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 7:45 pm at St. Landry Cinema, 1234 Heather Drive, Opelousas. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased here at the Schedule tab, above.
In "My Mother's Men," Elsie, a young woman in her early thirties, receives an unexpected inheritance from her eccentric mother: the mission to reconnect with her five ex-husbands. What follows is five significant and unexpected encounters with these men, including Elsie's estranged father. This beautiful journey will profoundly change Elsie's trajectory and allow her to tame, little by little, her own demons.
19TH CINEMA ON THE BAYOU FILM FESTIVAL – OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
NARRATIVE FEATURES
The Activated Man / U.S.A. / Dir. Nicholas Gyeney
American Meltdown / U.S.A. / Dir. Andrew Adams
DitO / Japan / Dir. Takashi Yuki
Friends from Home / U.S.A. / Dirs. Joe Blank, Mike Koslov
Heart of Gold / Canada / Dir. Patricia Gruben
Last County / Canada / Dir. Barret Mulholland
My Mother’s Men / Canada / Dir. Anik Jean
Notre Dame de Moncton / Canada / Dir. Denise Bouchard
Scrap / U.S.A. / Dir. Vivian Kerr
A Whale Who Drank A Fish Bowl / U.S.A. / Dir Doorim Kim
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall / U.S.A. / Dir. Ben DiGiacomo
Ellos Gritan Libertad (They Scream Freedom) / U.S.A. / Dir. Melinda Raebyne
Jacques / Canada / Dir. Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Kim’s Video / U.S.A. / Dirs. Ashley Sabin, David Redmon
Kite Zo A / Canada / Dir. Kaveh Nabatian
A Night Song / Canada / Dir. Félix Lamarche
Opera Verite / U.S.A.-Louisiana / Dir. Trai Thomas
Outdoors. The Experience of Armando Rojas Guarda / Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of/ Dirs. Luis Rodriguez, Andrés Rodriguez
Philippe, a lake and a dream / Canada / Dirs. Stéphanie Gagné, Philippe Belley
The Rault Center Fire / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Royd Anderson
Razõs Africanas (African Reasons) / Brazil / Dir. Jefferson Mello
Roots, Diaspora & War / Canada / Dir. Phil Comeau
Sloane: A Jazz Singer / U.S.A. / Dir. Michael Lippert
Soul Territories – Chapter 7: There’s An Emotion In It / Canada / Dir. Samuel St.-Pierre
Treasures of the Bayous / Canada / Dirs. René Savoie, Louis-Philippe Chiasson
The Whale’s Prophecy / Canada / Dirs. Julien Robichaud, Gilles Doiron
Undertaker for Life! / Canada / Dir. George Hannan
Without Them I Am Lost / U.S.A. / Dir. Charles M. Pepiton
Y a une étoile / Canada / Dir. Julien Cadieux
NARRATIVE SHORTS
III / Canada / Dir. Salomé Villeneuve
A Close Encounter / U.S.A. / Dir. Adam Linkenhelt
À La Vie À L’Amor / Canada / Dir. Emilie Mannering
Applause / Portugal / Dir. Guilherme Daniel
A Recipe to Remember / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Richard LeDoux
At Dusk / Canada / Dir. Miryam Charles
Atlantis / Canada / Dirs. Zoé Pelchat, Jean-François Sauvé
Axolotl / Canada / Dir. Gabriel Argüello Tercero
Big George / U.S.A. / Dir. Jamie Effros
Bird’s Nest / Canada / Dir. Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Blue Hour / U.S.A. / Dir. J.D. Shields
Brouillarta / Norway / Dir. Ingvild Solderlind
Burnt Roux / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Keisha Johnella Davis
Census / U.S.A. / Dir. Jason Affolder
Champion / U.S.A. / Dir. Kim J.Y. Han
Cleaning / U.S.A. / Dir. Sharie Vance
Considering the Sparrow / U.S.A. / Dir. Eliza Foss
Credit / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dirs. Patrick Kirton, Susan Kirton
Cut Me If You Can / U.S.A. / Dirs. Nicolas Polixene, Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol
Death by King Cake / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dirs. Janssen Swent, David Luck
Ditch / Canada / Dir. Nellie Carrier
Element / Côte d’Ivoire / Dir. Will Niava
El Funeral / U.S.A. / Dir. Sofia Blanco
Every 85 Minutes / U.S.A. / Dir. Jason Aaron Goldberg
Fundamental Shapes / U.S.A. / Colin Alistair Campbell
Hair Care / U.S.A. / Dir. Fatima Wardy
I Can’t Stay / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Taylor Cooper
Izzy / U.S.A. / Dir. Micah Stathis
Juvenile / Canada / Dir. Miguel Lambert
Kings / Canada / Dir. Olivier Côté
Lobster’s Don’t Scream / Canada / Dir. Fanny Lefort
Makan / France / Dir. Ghanwa Rana
Mamita / Canada / Dir. Luis Molinié
Mångata/ Germany / Dir. Maja Costa
Maraschino Cherries / Canada / Dir. Vincent Paquette
Mother’s Skin / Canada / Dir. Leah Johnston
Mother’s Tongue / Canada / Vanesa Millado
Nisei / U.S.A. / Dir. Darren Haruo Rae
Not Today / Turkey / Dir. Yağmur Mısırlıoğlu
One Night Before Sunrise / U.S.A. / Dir. Alec Huggins
On the Roadside / Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of / Dir. Ricardo Chetuan
Pacific Bell / Canada / Dir. Sandrine Béchade
Partum / Canada / Dir. Mark Datuin
Piece of Mind / U.S.A. / Dir Robin Scott
Pink Suit/Black Suit / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dirs. Jaya McSharma, Jacob McSharma
Rights of Man / Lithuania / Dir. Micha Strecker
Rooster’s Crow / Canada / Dir. Alexandre Lefebvre
Silk and Rushes / Japan / Dir. Ryushi Lindsay
Simo / Canada / Dir. Aziz Zoromba
Singing in the Lifeboat / U.S.A. / Dir. Grace Wijaya
Sissy / Canada / Dirs. Caleb Harwood, Simon Paluck
Split Ends / Croatia / Dir. Karla Lulic
Straight Backward / Tunisia / Dir. Rami Jarboui
Thank You, Neck / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Marion Forbes
The American Alien / U.S.A. / Dir. Rodrigo Rodriguez
The Boar Hunters / U.S.A. / Dir. Eva Chaitman
The Burger / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Joshua Tran
The Countryman / U.S.A. / Dir. Andy Kastelic
The Flower Darkens / Canada / Dir. Philippe Berthelet
The Fourth / U.S.A. / Dir. Johnny Kirk
The Handsome Dancer / Canada / Dir. Maxime Girard
The Left Hand / Canada / Dir. Maxime Robin
The Masterpiece / Spain / Dir. Àlex Lora
The No Problem Zone / U.S.A. / Dir. Nicholas Sennott
The Riley Sisters / United Kingdom / Dir. Julia Jackman
The Skates / Canada / Dir. Halima Ouardiri
The Sugar Cube / Canada / Dir. Jean-Philippe Nadeau Marcoux
The Weenies / Canada / Dir. Garance Chagnon-Grégoire
Under the Same Sky / Mexico / Dir. Ana Laura Calderón
Unthinkable Conversations / United Kingdom / Dir. Emma Richardson
Wedding War / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir.Hannah Dorsett
We Have Homeland / Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of / Dir. Mikel Garrido
Wuss / United Kingdom / Dir. Nadine Wilson
Y / Australia / Dir. Tamara Cook
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
40°N, 73°W / U.S.A. / Dir. Sandy Williams IV
Abaznoda (basket) / Canada / Dir. Charlotte Gauthier-Nolett
A Good Day Will Come / Canada / Dir. Amir Zargara
A Rainbow to Turtle Island / Canada / Dir. Robbie Tait Jr.
Banks (des rives) / Canada / Dir. David Sanchez, Billie-Jazz Marcuzzo-Roy, Jérôme Léwa Cadet
Beacons of Light: Tackling Challenges in Louisiana / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Eman Boyd
Cajun Navy Ground Force: The Future of Disaster Relief / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Martin
Brittingham
Cherry / Canada / Dir. Laurence Gagné-Frégeau
Ekbeh / U.S.A.-Louisiana/ Dir. Mariah Eli Hernandez-Fitch
The Inside Singers / U.S.A. / Dir. Daniel Kolen
The Fighter / Canada / Dir. André-Charles Ishpatao
Fire-Jo-Ball / Canada / Dir. Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
La Frontière / U.S.A. / Dirs. Katy Haas, Megan Ruffe
Memories / Spain / Dir. José Gómez
Mixed Memories / Canada / Dirs. Katherine Adams, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Kattia Thony
My 2020 / Canada / Dir. Sarah McNair-Landry
Nittaituq / Canada / Dirs. Camille Poirier, Mathilde Poirier, Flore Sergeant
Oh Sirop / Canada / Dir. Marie Côté
Plantations and Prisons: a History of Force Labor in Louisiana / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Sara Gozalo Sanmillan
Please Ask for It / U.S.A. / Dir. Allison Waid
Showdown at the Mon Ami / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dirs. Alex Clark, Laura J. Fong
Stitch by Stitch / U.S.A. / Dir. Rachel Thompson
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
All of Us / U.S.A. / Dir. Charlotte Griffin
Ancient Lore / Germany / Dir. Patrick Müller
Aski, the mother of all / Canada / Dir. Amélie Courtois
Cancer Alley / U.S.A. / Dirs. Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran
Dinosauria, We / Canada / Dir. Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Fallen Angel / Belgium / Dir. Annoa Verbruggen
FootAge / U.S.A. / Dir. Bill Richardson
For Zigadene / U.S.A. / Dir. Michele Rose Seippel
Horizons / Canada / Dir. Charlie Marois
Lyrical Kaleidoscope / Canada / Dir. Jonathan Goyette
Madame / U.S.A. / Dir. Kerry Muir
Night Ride from LA / Germany / Dir. Martin Gerigk
Randy the Worldly Dog / U.S.A. / Dir. Heath Hofmeister
Reciprocity Failure / U.S.A. / Dir. Ben Westlake
Requiem for Wind & Water / Canada / Dir. Amalie Atkins
Red Stripe / U.S.A. / Dir. Cy Sheffield
Reliquat / Canada / Dir. Alix Galdin
Signs of the Time / U.S.A. / Dir. Jeffrey P. Crowley
Walls Running / U.S.A. / Dir. Charlotte Griffin
EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE
The Holy Breadth / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Dorothy Kirsten Hanna
ANIMATION SHORTS
Aphasia / Canada / Dir. Marielle Dalpé
Chasing Birds / Canada / Dir. Una Lorenzen
In C, Too / U.S.A. / Dirs. Dean Winkler, John Sanborn
The Girl with the Red Beret / Canada / Dir. Janet Perlman
Harvey / Canada / Dir. Janice Nadeau
La Fontaine et la chute IV (Original) / Canada / Dirs. Julie Tremble, Philippe Hamelin
Madeleine / Canada / Dir. Raquel Sancinetti
Poppy Pop / U.S.A. – Louisiana / Dir. Olive Juge
See You In My Dreams / Canada / Dir. Ariane Louis-Seize
Tree Story / Italy / Dir. Rita Casdia
Two One Two / Canada / Dir. Shira Avni
Where Rabbits Come From / Canada / Dir. Colin Ludvic Racicot