''Gaby's Hills'' (french: Gaby les collines) is a Canadian coming-of-age drama short film, directed by

Zoé Pelchat Zoé Pelchat is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec. She is most noted for her 2020 short film ''Moon (Lune)'', which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.Jean-François Van ...

and released in 2023.Marc Cassivi
"Martin serait fier"
'' La Presse'', February 20, 2023. The film centres on Gaby (Lou Thompson), a 13-year-old girl spending the summer with her father Jasmin (

Emmanuel Bilodeau Emmanuel Bilodeau (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performances in the 2000 film ''Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Ju ...

) in the

Magdalen Islands The Magdalen Islands (french: Îles de la Madeleine ) are a small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with a land area of . While part of the Province of Quebec, the islands are in fact closer to the Maritime provinces and Newfoundland th ...

region of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

; however, having undergone

puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy. ...

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. The cast also includes

Catherine De Léan Catherine De Léan (born April 27, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She has been nominated for a 2012 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the film '' Nuit #1''. She has appeared in other films and televisio ...

, Gaspard Chartrand,

Robin L'Houmeau Robin L'Houmeau is a Canadian actor from Val-d'Or, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2020 film ''Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)'', for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actor at ...

, Jérémy Poirier, Cécilia Lapierre and Léon-Charles Arseneau. The film premiered in the Generation Kplus youth program at the

73rd Berlin International Film Festival The 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale (), took place from 16 to 26 February 2023. It was the first completely in-person Berlinale since the 70th in 2020. The festival has added a new award for best te ...

. It was later screened in the Short Cuts program at the

2023 Toronto International Film Festival The 48th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2023.Victoria Ahearn"TIFF reveals new programmers and other 2023 festival details" '' Playback'', April 20, 2023. The most noted change from past years was tha ...

, where it received an honorable mention from the

Share Her Journey Share Her Journey is a Canadian film program, created by the Toronto International Film Festival to foster the development and career advancement of women in the film industry. First launched in 2017 as a five-year campaign to offer residency and ...

award jury. The film was named to TIFF's annual

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 2023.Pat Mullen
"TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Includes BlackBerry, Solo, Humanist Vampire"
''That Shelf'', December 6, 2023.

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* 2023 films 2023 short films Canadian coming-of-age drama films Canadian drama short films 2020s Canadian films Quebec films French-language Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub