''No Ghost in the Morgue'' is a 2022 Canadian short comedy-drama film, written and directed by Marilyn Cooke.C.J. Prince "10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2022" ''The Film Stage'', September 6, 2022. The film stars
Schelby Jean-Baptiste
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as Keity, a medical student who takes an internship working in the morgue after failing to get her desired surgery placement, and repeatedly sees the ghost of her dead grandmother Myriam (Mireille Metellus).
The cast also includes Michel Laperrière, Ariane Bérubé and Alexandra Laferrière.
The film premiered in March 2022 at the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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, and had its Canadian premiere at the
2022 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022, and was a
Canadian Screen Award
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11th Canadian Screen Awards
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