Montreal Premiere
Septentrion Shadows

Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie

Directed by Nicole Bazuin

Hosted by Director Nicole Bazuin, Producer Andrea Werhun, Artistic team John Fleming.

Credits  

Official selection

Sundance Film Festival 2023
Aspen Shortsfest 2023
Calgary Underground Film Festival 2023
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2023
Inside Out Festival 2023

Honors

Special Recognition: Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2023

Jury Award: Best Canadian Short - Calgary Underground Film Festival 2023

Audience Award: Best Canadian Short - Calgary Underground Film Festival 2023

Audience Award - Chicago Critics Film Festival 2023

Director

Nicole Bazuin

Producer

Nicole Bazuin, Andrea Werhun

Writer

Nicole Bazuin, Kitoko Mai, Andrea Werhun

Cast

Morgan Bargent, Myfanwy Charlesworth, Dustin Hickey, Kitoko Mai, Grace McDonald

Cinematographer

Ashley Iris Gill

Sound Designer

Daenen Bramberger

Animator

Anna Catley, Dylan Glynn

Special Effects

Alex Kingsmill

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Virgin Twins

Canada 2023 10 mins OV English Subtitles : English

Coming to terms with their dissociative identity disorder diagnosis, Kitoko Mai takes us through their different alters, the roles they play in their life, and how they help them cope with past trauma. Blending genres into something totally unique, Nicole Bazuin (MODERN WHORE) brings her camp and super-stylized direction back to the docu-drama with the exceptionally hilarious and informative THRIVING: A DISSOCIATED REVERIE! – Vincenzo Nappi