The Schoolyard

The Schoolyard
FrenchLes Grands
Directed byChloé Leriche
Written byChloé Leriche
Produced byChristine Falco
StarringRobert Naylor
Jean-Carl Boucher
Antoine Marcotte
CinematographyJohn Ashmore
Edited byClovis Gouaillier
Vincent Riendeau
Music byStéphane Boucher
Production
company
Films Camera Oscura
Distributed byNetima
Release date
  • September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Schoolyard (French: Les Grands) is a Canadian short film, directed and written by Chloé Leriche and released in 2007.[1] The film stars Robert Naylor, Jean-Carl Boucher and Antoine Marcotte as Tommy, Manu and Fabrice, three young boys who decide to confront their school bully, only to discover his hidden reasons for bullying others.[2]

The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[3]

  1. ^ Luc Chaput, "Coffret DVD SODEC / Prends ça court!". Séquences, No. 254 (May–June 2008). p. 22.
  2. ^ "Des films québécois au TIFF Kids". La Presse, April 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Chris Knight, "Year's top-10 Canadian movies chosen; Despite high profiles on the festival circuit, movies such as Cronenberg's Eastern Promises are not in wide release". Vancouver Sun, December 12, 2007.