Life in the Alley (Vie d'ruelles) - A short film by Ara Ball (2016)

This is the story of four people: ODNEY, RAJNI, ALUKI and MUFEEDA. Four lives, four journeys that led them in a search for freedom. Together they decide to live on the fringe of society and to finally find a place where they can do things their way.

FESTIVALS

Off-Courts Trouville - Trouville, France 2016
SPASM, Montreal, Canada, 2016
Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie - Moncton, Canada, 2016
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois - Montreal, Canada, 2017
Festival Regard - Saguenay, Canada, 2017
Urban Film Festival, Montreal, Paris, 2017
Festival Vitesse Lumière - Quebec, Canada, 2017
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski - Rimouski, Canada, 2017
Plein(s) Écran(s), 2017
Festival de Magog, Canada, 2018

AWARDS

Audience Award - OFF-Courts Trouville, 2016
Best live action short - Rendez vous du cinéma québécois, 2017
Web Audience Award - Festival Regard, 2017
Grand Jury Prize - Urban Films Festival Montreal, 2017
Jury Mention - Urban Films Festival, Paris 2017

Written, directed, edited by Ara Ball

Cast : Richardson Zéphir, Jasvir Ssingh Sandhu, Sarah Ohutak, Natalie Tannous, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Guy Richer, Francis La Haye
DoP : Jean-Philippe Bernier
Sound : Maxime Dumesnil, Casey Brown
Art direction : Samuel B. Cloutier
Costumes : Lia Marie Beauchamp, Melissa Johnson
Original score : Casey Brown & Les Konbatan
Production : Estelle Champoux, Mylène Corbeil (La Créative Films)

Distribution: La Distributrice de Films
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