Emergence

Film

by Julie Bernier & Clarissa Rebouças

Details

Canada / 2018 / 8mins / Documentary / French

In this mediation on womanhood, Haitian actress Katiana Milfort provides a moving voiceover detailing her experiences while she poetically acts out her story in the setting of a beach. Emerging limb by limb from beneath the sand, she describes the “boundaries within boundaries” of growing up female while approaching the vastness of the sea and her own determination.

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About the Directors

Julie Bernier

A native of Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska, Julie Bernier graduated with a bachelor’s degree in arts from Université du Québec. Through performance, video and installation, she tries to raise social issues by infiltrating places where people are on the move and stimulating exchanges and human contacts. Her work inspires her to write texts of documentary and poetic nature. Julie's work has shown in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec City, Montreal, the Magdalen Islands and Chicago. Learn More

Clarissa Rebouças

Clarissa Rebouças is Brazilian and has lived in Quebec since November 2015. She is a director, scriptwriter and editor. She has directed more than ten short fiction and documentary shorts around the world that have been selected in some international festivals. His short "Desvelo" (2012) has won seven awards in total. She participated in the Talent Lab of TIFF also in 2012. Currently she is developing her first feature called Cine Ruby. Learn More