''The Schoolyard'' (french: Les Grands) is a Canadian short film, directed by

Chloé Leriche Chloé Leriche is a Canadian film director from Montreal, Quebec.

and released in 2007. The film stars Robert Naylor, Jean-Carl Boucher and Antoine Marcotte as Tommy, Manu and Fabrice, three young boys who decide to confront their school bully, only to discover his own hidden reasons for bullying others. The film premiered 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 ...

. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.Chris Knight, "Year's top-10 Canadian movies chosen; Despite high profiles on the festival circuit, movies such as Cronenberg's Eastern Promises are not in wide release". '' Vancouver Sun'', December 12, 2007.

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* 2007 films Canadian drama short films Quebec films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub