Director Daniel Duranleau’s WINKIE is a clear stand out at Fantasia so far.
After discovering a young orphaned girl, a caring monster takes it upon himself to raise the child and make sure she stays out of harm’s way by any means necessary. It is one of the best shorts we’ve seen in a long while. From story-building, to makeup, costume design, production design, on to acting (no dialogue), it checks all the boxes.
Cast: Martin Dubreuil, Arlette Dubreuil, Éléonore Loiselle, Marie-France Marcotte, DOP: Simran Dewan, Glauco Bermudez, Editing: François Larochelle,Sound design: Casey Brown, Set design: Justin Lalancette, Music: Abèle Kildir, Special FX Makeup: Bruno Gatien, Production: Daniel Duranleau (Porte 7).
Daniel Duranleau is a Canadian filmmaker who has been active on the Quebec film scene for over fifteen years. Great defender of the poetic value of movies, he shapes his cinema with fantastical imagery in order to tackle themes that are dear to him: the human psyche, family relationships and power dynamics. Following on his short film “Mizbrük” (2015), “Winkie” is the second installment of an anticipated trilogy of films about monsters.
