Gaby's Hills

Gaby's Hills (French: Gaby les collines) is a Canadian short coming-of-age drama film, directed by Zoé Pelchat and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on Gaby (Lou Thompson), a 13-year-old girl spending the summer with her father Jasmin (Emmanuel Bilodeau) in the Magdalen Islands region of Quebec; however, having undergone puberty since the last time she visited, she finds she must navigate new challenges as the community is now reacting to her as a young woman rather than as a girl.[1]

Gaby's Hills
FrenchGaby les collines
Directed byZoé Pelchat
Written byZoé Pelchat
Produced byVéronique Charbonneau
StarringLou Thompson
Emmanuel Bilodeau
Catherine De Léan
CinematographyGabriel Brault Tardif
Edited byAmélie Labrèche
Music byLaurence Lafond-Beaulne
Production
company
Papillon Films
Distributed byH264 Distribution
Release date
  • February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20) (Berlin)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Catherine De Léan, Gaspard Chartrand, Robin L'Houmeau, Jérémy Poirier, Cécilia Lapierre and Léon-Charles Arseneau.

The film premiered in the Generation Kplus youth program at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] It was later screened in the Short Cuts program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention from the Share Her Journey award jury.[4]

References
  1. Marc Cassivi, "Martin serait fier". La Presse, February 20, 2023.
  2. "Sélection à la Berlinale: des films québécois s’illustrent". Le Journal de Montréal, January 18, 2023.
  3. Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Shorts Lineup Includes ‘Dammi’ Starring Riz Ahmed; Works By Mackenzie Davis, Yann Demange & More". Deadline Hollywood, August 9, 2023.
  4. Jeremy Kay, "‘American Fiction’ gets Oscar boost, wins TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award". Screen Daily, September 17, 2023.
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