''Little Flowers'' (french: Les fleurs de l'âge) is a Canadian

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, directed by

Vincent Biron Vincent Biron (born 1984 in Pierreville, Quebec) is a Canadian film director. He is most noted for his 2016 feature film debut ''Prank'', and his short film '' Little Flowers (Les Fleurs de l'âge)'', which won the Toronto International Film Festi ...

and released in 2010. The film centres on four children who are experiencing significant rites of passage for the first time, in the late summer as their return to the new school year looms. The film premiered at the

2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ...

, where it won the

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film, formerly also known as the National Film Board of Canada, NFB John Spotton Award, is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film jud ...

. It was subsequently named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best films."Canada's Top Ten for 2010"
'' Now'', December 15, 2010.

References

2010 films Canadian coming-of-age drama films Films directed by Vincent Biron French-language Canadian films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub