''I'll End Up in Jail'' (french: Je finirai en prison) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by
Alexandre Dostie
Alexandre Dostie is a Canadian film director whose debut short film, ''Mutants (2016 film), Mutants'', was released in 2016. The film won the Toronto International Film Festival award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2016 Toronto International ...
and released in 2019. The film stars
Martine Francke as an unhappy housewife who is attempting to escape her life, when she arrives at the scene of a fatal car accident and is convinced by its perpetrator Jelly (
Émile Schneider) to help him try to hide the dead body in the forest.
[Frédéric Desjardins]
"Décor beauceron pour le nouveau court-métrage d’Alexandre Dostie"
''Beauce Média'', October 3, 2019.
The film premiered at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in July 2019,
[ and had its Canadian premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It subsequently screened in competition at the ]2020 Sundance Film Festival
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 23 to February 2, 2020. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 4, 2019. The opening night film was ''Miss Americana'' directed by Lana Wilson and produced by Morga ...
, and received an honorable mention in the drama category at the 2020 Aspen Shortsfest
The Aspen Shortsfest is an annual Oscar® qualifying short film festival held in Aspen, Colorado. The internationally-recognized festival began in 1979.
In 2003, director Lionel Bailliu was given the Shortfest Award for the 2002 French short fil ...
.
Awards
The film won several awards at Québec Cinéma
Québec Cinéma is a Canadian organization based in Quebec, whose mission is to promote and develop the Cinema of Quebec.
The organization's programs include the Prix Iris, the annual film awards for Quebec films; the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, ...
's Prend ça court! gala in 2020, including a Best Actress award for Francke.
The film received a Prix Iris
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
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From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...]
at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki docume ...
."Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"
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, April 23, 2020.
References
External links
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2019 films
2019 drama films
2019 short films
Films set in Quebec
Films shot in Quebec
French-language Canadian films
Canadian drama short films
2010s Canadian films
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