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Ethereal Chrysalis World premiere at Fantasia

Posted August 3rd 2011

World premiere at FANTASIA International Film Festival
Saturday August 6th 2011 at 9:30 PM
at the Hall Theater 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Montreal, QC, Canada, (Métro Guy Concordia)
Admission is FREE

Inside the Ça Craint short film program of the Quebec Fantastic Short Film Week-end.

Ethereal Chrysalis film description on the FANTASIA website

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Most of the crew will be there, including actor Raynald Lapierre (photo below).

Written and directed by Syl Disjonk
Assistant director : Carnior
Produced by Syl Disjonk & Igor Simonnet
Director of photography : Martin McKay
Original music : Martin Gauthier
Sound Designer: Keith McMullen
Art direction by : Véronique Poirier

Cast
Syl Disjonk:  Traveller, sleeping giant, schizophrenic & mutant
Raynald Lapierre: Psychic alchemist

Special effects by Éric Thievierge, Rémy Couture and Jean Pronovost

Visual effects (matte painting and compositing) by Syl Disjonk and Éric Bilodeau

 

A work in progress of Ethereal Chrysalis was screened on June 3rd 2011 at Vitesse Lumière Festival in Quebec City.
The reaction was so positive that we won the prize for the best film ex aequo. See article...

Raynald Lapierre as the psychic alchemist - Ethereal Chrysalis
Raynald Lapierre as the psychic alchemist in the fantastic short film Ethereal Chrysalis.
Photo: Martin McKay, makeup Éric Thievierge, costume Véronique Poirier.