Pyrale
Directed by Roxanne Gaucherand
Quartett Production & KOKORO – 2020
48 minutes – 1.33 – Color – Documentary / Fiction
Synopsis
Summer 2016, somewhere in French provencal Drôme, a mysterious plague strikes in the villages: swarms of white butterflies invaded the area. At dusk, everyone is locked up home, trapped by the seemingly unstoppable vermin.
As the big swarm approaches, Lou discovers both the strange insects and her feelings for her friend Sam.
By the end of the season, the moths will have devastated the entirety of the century-old box trees, leaving a ruined landscape behind them.
Credits
Director: Roxanne GAUCHERAND
Producer: Quartett Productions – Ethan SELCER & Alexis BOULANGER
Associate: Philippe FERREIRA DA COSTA
Co-producer: KOKOKO – Betty LAMOULIE
1st AD: Laura GLYNN-SMITH
DoP: Raimon GAFFIER & Edwige MOREAU
Scooting DoP: Marine DRICOT
Sound: Valentin MAZINGARBE & Hélène CLERC DENIZOT
Script Doctor: Maïté SONNET
Editing: Léo PARMENTIER
Sound Editing: Alban / CAYROL & Valentin MAZINGARBE
Mixing: Selıa ÇAKIR
Color Grading: Fanny MAZOYER
Graphic Design: Matilde GONY
Original Soundtrack: Daniel BLEIKOLM
Additional Soundtrack: Victor LOH
Foley: Céline BERNARD
Foley Sound Recording: Jonathan VANNESTE
With the support of:
CNC – aide avant réalisation
SCAM – Brouillon d’un rêve and PROCIREP-ANGOA
SACEM
CBA – aide à la finition
Awards
Visions du Réel Nyon – 2020: Jury prize for most innovative film in the Burning Lights section
Brussels International Film Festival – Director’s Week Competition – 2020: Audience Award
Curtocircuito – Radar Competiton 2020: Young Jury Award
Festival dei Popoli Florence 2020: Best Medium-Lenght film
La Cabina Valencia 2020: Best Medium-Lenght film
Les Ecrans Documentaires Arcueil 2020: Ecrans documentaire Prize + Mention hight school jury
Festivals
IDFA 2020 – Best of Fests
FIC Valdivia 2020 – Youth Feature Film Competition
Festival Ecrans du Réel Le Mans 2020 – Official Competition
Corsica.doc 2020 – Nouveaux Talents Competition
Camerimage 2020 - Documentary special screenings
Festival dei Popoli Florence 2020 – Official Competition
Fringe ! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2020
Pink Screens Brussels 2020
Festival Chéries-Chéris 2020 – Panorama
Vilnius International Film Festival 2021
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2021 –
Medium Lenght international competition
Festival du film de Brive 2021 – International competition
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2021 – Official Selection
Graines de Cinéastes 2021
