Director Patricia Chica, BFA 95, in action | Photo credit: Yohann Demers-Gingras, Flirt Films
“This production, the Medusa project, came to us on a silver plate,” says Chica. “I met with Charles and we talked about what our next collaboration should be.”
Hall produced a screenplay for Serpent’s Lullaby in a matter of days. From there, the film grew into something bigger than anticipated, explains Chica.
“It was filmed at a mansion in the Laurentians with 30 people.”
As a Cannes entry, the film will gain significant exposure. The piece will be catalogued online, while the festival itself usually attracts over 20,000 attendees.
Since Chica’s debut short La Promesse in 2000, the Montrealer has been recognized with 35 awards, including a Météor Award at the Vitesse Lumière Film Festival in Quebec City.
A second Concordian — Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, BFA (film animation) 02, MFA (studio art) 05 — is going to Cannes. She will be showing the animated short Jutra in the Director’s Fortnight, an independent section held in parallel to the film festival.