Somber Tides

Art Film

Somber Tides

  • 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 - UNESCO City of Media Arts Film, Award - Independent Days|Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
2025 - Experimental Award - Women Over 50 Film Festival,Lewes, United Kingdom
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, Mexico
2025 - Best « Sustainability, opportunity, possibility » competition - Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon
2025 - Best Dance Film - Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon
2025 - Mention Spéciale du jury - Bodyscope Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2025 - Best Experimental - Made HĂšre Film Festival, Burlington, United States
2025 - Prix Caribou - Festival Vues sur mer de Gaspé, Canada
2025 - Best Screendance Short - Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles, United States
2024 - Prix du jury - Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy
2024 - Best choreography - Dance on Screen Film Festival, Graz, Austria
2024 - Public choice award - Dance on Screen Film Festival, Graz, Austria
2024 - Best Experimental Short - Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, Canada
2024 - Grand Prix - Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria
2024 - Prix du jury - RIFF-R.E.D International Dance Art Film Festival, Eina, Norway
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

2026 - MEDIAWAVE Film & Music Festival, Szigliget, Hungary
2026 - Filmfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2026 - Festival Vues du Québec, Florac, France
2026 - Festival Quebecuå, Festival de cine de Québec, La Rioja, Spain
2026 - Tout Court | Nuove Voci del cinema francofono, Bologne, Italy
2026 - Puerto Aventuras Film Festival, Riviera Maya, Mexico
2026 - Frozen River Film Festival, Wiona, Minnesota, United States
2026 - Screendance Miami Film Festival, Miami, United States
2025 - Mendi Film Festival Bilbao, Spain
2025 - Festival International d'Austrans - Montagne, cinéma et culture, Austrans, France
2025 - Mov'In Cannes-Festival de danse de Cannes, Cannes, France
2025 - Cucalorus Film Festival - Wilmington, Caroline du Nord, United States
2025 - Yellowknife International Film Festival - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
2025 - Light Moves Film Festival - Limerick, Ireland
2025 - Fresh Coast Film Festival - Marquette, Michigan, United States
2025 - CineEco International Environmental Film Festival - Seia, Portugal
2025 - Festival of Nations - Lenzing, Austria
2025 - Lunenburg Doc Fest - Lunenburg, Canada
2025 - Portland Dance Film Fest - Portland, United States
2025 - The Wild Fest - San Miguel de Oia, Spain
2025 - Mill of Performing Arts Larissa, Greece
2025 - Lunenburg Doc Fest - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 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

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

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

DĂ©tails

  • 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 CĂ©zar Valois

Technical director:
Jean St-Pierre

Press kit

In relation to this creation

Past screenings

  • 2026
  • Ec(h)os des milieux, UQAM Department of Dance
  • International Dance Day, Les Arts de la scĂšne de Montmagny
  • IntercollĂ©gial de danse, CĂ©gep de Valleyfield
  • 2025
  • Quartier des spectacles - MontrĂ©al
  • Galerie Nationale de Singapour - Singapour
  • Quand l'art danse avec l'ocĂ©an, Ocean Week Canada - Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada

See also