''Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!'' is a Canadian short film, directed by
Sébastien Pilote
Sébastien Pilote (born 1973 in Saint-Ambroise, Quebec)[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...]
region who has just lost his job after the closure of his employer, as he goes about his first day without the stable and predictable structure of a normal work day.
[Anabelle Nicoud]
"Portrait: Sébastien Pilote"
'' La Presse'', August 5, 2007.
The cast also includes Gérald Pilote and Jean Wauthier.
The film premiered at the 2007
Locarno Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
, and had its Canadian premiere at the
2007 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007.
The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissio ...
.
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The film was named to the ]Toronto International Film Festival
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's year-end Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema" ...
list for short films in 2007. It won the awards for best short film at the 2007 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona, the 2007 Festival du nouveau cinéma
The Festival du nouveau cinéma or FNC (English: ''Festival of New Cinema'') is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring independent films from around the world. Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of ...
, and the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, and was a Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.[Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...]
at the 10th Jutra Awards The 10th Jutra Awards were held on March 9, 2008 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2007. in 2008."La 10e soirée des Jutra"
Ici Radio-Canada
ICI or Ici may refer to:
Companies and organisations
* ICI Homes, builder, Florida. US
* Former UK Imperial Chemical Industries
** ICI Australia, later Orica
* Independent Curators International, New York City, US
* Indian Concrete Institute
* I ...
, March 9, 2008.
References
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2007 films
2007 short films
Canadian drama short films
Films directed by Sébastien Pilote
French-language Canadian films
2000s Canadian films
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