Clearing Skies

Clearing Skies
FrenchUne éclaircie sur le fleuve
Directed byRosa Zacharie
Written byRosa Zacharie
Produced byBarbara Shrier
StarringJean Lapointe
Isabel Richer
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byFrancis Leclerc
Music byChristian Bouchard
Production
companies
Les Productions Dixie
Palomar
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • October 2002 (2002-10) (FCIAT)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryCanada

Clearing Skies (French: Une éclaircie sur le fleuve, lit. "A Clearing on the River") is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Rosa Zacharie and released in 2002.[1] The film stars Jean Lapointe and Isabel Richer as a father and daughter who are struggling to heal their tense and fraught relationship.

The film premiered at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival in October 2002.[1]

It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003.[2] It was later screened at the 2003 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short Film.[3]

It was subsequently distributed as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the theatrical feature film Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives).[4]

  1. ^ a b Odile Tremblay, "21e Festival de cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Une longue tradition cinéphilique". Le Devoir, October 28, 2002.
  2. ^ Tamsen Tillson, "Genies grant ‘Ararat’ wish". Variety, December 10, 2002.
  3. ^ Eugene Hernandez, "“Head” Above the Rest at Short Film Fest". IndieWire, June 10, 2003.
  4. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mémoires affectives – Film de Francis Leclerc". Films du Québec, February 3, 2009.