''Gaby's Hills'' () is a Canadian coming-of-age drama short film, directed by Zoé Pelchat and released in 2023.Marc Cassivi
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'', 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 ...

) in the

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region of

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; however, having undergone

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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 is most noted for her role in the film '' Nuit #1'', for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Actress at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.Katherine Monk, "Who's afraid of Ca ...

, Gaspard Chartrand, Robin L'Houmeau, Jérémy Poirier, Cécilia Lapierre and Léon-Charles Arseneau. The film premiered in the Generation Kplus youth program at the

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

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list for 2023, and received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.Éric Lavallée
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''Ioncinema'', October 9, 2024.

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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