will be showing the Montreal premiere of The Girl Who Cried Pearls (NFB) in the festival's Official Short Film Competition. Directed by Oscar-nominated duo Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Madame Tutli-Putli), the film brings together an exceptional creative team: Polaris Music Prize winner Patrick Watson (music), Olivier Calvert (sound design), Brigitte Henry (artistic director) and James Hyndman, who voices the French version of this true tribute to Montreal. The festival takes place November 4 to 16, 2025.
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"We wanted to create a story that contributed to the mythology of the place where we're raising our kids. If you live in New York, every street has been mythologized-we wanted to do that for Montreal. We wanted to do what Pink Floyd did for London with the floating pig over the Battersea. It matters to us that our kids walk around these streets and know that this is a place that lives in your imagination." - Maciek Szczerbowski and Chris Lavis
The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (17 min 28 s)
Produced for the NFB by Julie Roy, Marc Bertrand and Christine Noël
