Somber Tides

Art Film

Somber Tides

Rent film
  • Prix Philippe Belley – Regard Festival
  • Official Selection – FIFA 42
  • Official Selection – Regard Festival

At the heart of drifting ice

Somber Tides is a cry from the species, startled into survival against the elements. One last breath before being trampled by the Earth or maybe conversely a battle to wage against winds and tides clutching on before extinction.

Vignette vidéo

Honours

Awards

2025 – Experimental Award – Women Over 50 Film Festival,Lewes, Royaume-Uni
2025 – Meilleure vidéodanse – Encuentro para Cinégafos, Frotera, Venezuela
2025 – Best Directing – Nickel Independant film Festival, Saint-John’s, Canada
2025 – Best choreography Mexico city Videodance Festival, Mexico, Mexique
2025 – Best « Sustainability, opportunity, possibility » competition – Beirut International Women Film Festival, Liban
2025 – Best Dance Film – Beirut International Women Film Festival, Liban
2025 – Mention Spéciale du jury – Bodyscope Film Festival, Moscou, Russie
2025 – Best Experimental – Made Hère Film Festival, Burlington, États-Unis
2025 – Prix Caribou – Festival Vues sur mer de Gaspé, Canada
2025 – Best Screendance Short – Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles, États-Unis
2024 – Prix du jury – Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italie
2024 – Best choreography – Dance on Screen Film Festival, Graz, Autriche
2024 – Public choice award – Dance on Screen Film Festival, Graz, Autriche
2024 – Best Experimental Short – Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, Canada
2024 – Grand Prix – Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgarie
2024 – Prix du jury – RIFF-R.E.D International Dance Art Film Festival, Eina, Norvège
2024 – Best Dance Short Film – FASS Forward, Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur, Canada
2024 – Prix Philippe Belley – Compétition Focus – 100 % régions – Festival REGARD, Saguenay, Canada

Official selections

2025 – Fresh Coast Film Festival – Marquette, Michigan, États-Unis
2025 – CineEco International Environmental Film Festival – Seia, Portugal
2025 – Festival of Nations – Lenzing, Autriche
2025 – Lunenburg Doc Fest – Lunenburg, Canada
2025 – Portland Dance Film Fest – Portland, États-Unis
2025 – The Wild Fest – San Miguel de Oia, Espagne
2025 – Mill of Performing Arts Larissa, Grèce
2025 – Lunenburg Doc Fest – Lunenburg, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada
2025 – Dance : made in Canada/fait au Canada – Toronto, Canada
2025 – Festival Autogéré du Film Engagé – Québec, Canada
2025 – Mirror Mountain Film Festival – Ottawa, Canada
2025 – Nickel Independent Film Festival – Saint John’s, Terre-Neuve, Canada
2025 – River Film Festival – Padoue, Italie
2025 – Segal Film Festival – New York, États-Unis
2025 – West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival – Virginie-Occidentale, États-Unis
2025 – Le Corti Da Sogni – Ravenna, Italie
2025 – Le PORTO FEMME – International Film Festival – Porto, Portugal
2025 – Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival – Dresden, Allemagne
2025 – Le Quebecua Festival de Cine Quebec – Rioja, Espagne
2025 – Choresoscope – Barcelona Dance Film Festival – Barcelone, Espagne
2025 – Minnesota Film Festival – Duluth, États-Unis
2025 – IDFF Artdocfest / Riga – Riga, Lituanie
2025 – Festival des Cinémas Engagés- Clamecy, France
2025 – International Festival of Winter Cinema – Edmonton, Canada
2025 – Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo, République-Dominicaine
2025 – Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival – Louisiane, États-Unis
2024 – Theta Short Film Festival – Napples, Italie
2024 – Festival Tous Courts – Aix-en-Provenvce, France
2024 – Arts Speak out (COP29) – Badou, Azerbaijan
2024 – In Shadow Film Festival – Lisbonne, Portugal
2024 – Fotogenia – Mexico, Mexique
2024 – Le FIFA près de chez vous – Kamouraska, Canada
2024 – Shorts Not Pants – Toronto, Canada
2024 – San Francisco Dance Film Festival – États-Unis, Canada
2024 – Thessaloniki Cinedanse International – Grèce, Canada
2024 – Cinédanse Sept-Îles – Sept-Îles, Canada
2024 – Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec – Quebec, Canada
2024 – Bucharest International Dance Film Festival – Bucarest, Roumanie
2024 – Festival Ecra – Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2024 – Festival environnemental REGAIN – Fos-sur-Mer, France
2024 – Festival International du Film sur l’Art- Montréal, Canada

“More than a simple audiovisual work, an experience that moves and fascinates those that see it. Somber Tides is a sheer beauty.”

– Quebecuà, Quebec cinema festival in La Rioja (Spain)

Détails

  • Duration 12 minutes
  • Location / format Projection

A film by:
Chantal Caron

Choreography:
Chantal Caron in collaboration with the performers

Performers:
Genevieve Robitaille, Lea Lavoie-Gauthier, and Marie-Maude Michaud

Editor:
Mirenda Ouellet

Original music:
Arnaud Hug

Violonist:
Stefan Krznaric

Director of photography:
Richard Saint-Pierre

Cameramen and drone pilots:
Jean-Philippe Cloutier and Jonathan Champagne

Camera assistants:
Alexandre Bellemare and Cézar Valois

Technical director:
Jean St-Pierre

Past shows

  • 2025 Quartier des spectacles - Montréal
  • 2025 Galerie Nationale de Singapour - Singapour
  • 2025 Quand l'art danse avec l'océan, Ocean Week Canada - Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada
  • 2025 The Pool - short film night event - Berlin, Allemagne
  • 2024 AGU24 Annual Meeting « Marée Noire - Uniting science and art to illuminate océan conservation » par Lyne Morrissette- Washington, États-Unis
  • 2024 Soirée retrospective, Cinema Paraloeil - Rimouski, Canada

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