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Fire-Jo-Ball
202316 min 53 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
Production: Nathalie Cloutier (Office national du film du Canada)
Script: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
A production of the National Film Board of Canada.
Jo-Ann, a 57-year-old barmaid, dreams of becoming a singer and actress. Oscillating between the spectacular and the intimate, the extra and the ordinary, she uses her daily life (and the film) to act out her starring role. Blurring the line beween genres, Fire-Jo-Ball immerses the audience in Jo-Ann’s world as she maintains a light-heartedness despite her scars, barely conveyed but deeply felt. The creative collaboration between the filmmaker and her protagonist allows the latter to become the main character of their movie, and to reach, for one song, her crowning glory. Intimate without being voyeuristic, this balanced short film draws the portrait of a woman who loves all things rosy, even if her life isn’t always so.
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Subject categories
- Women > IdentityInterpersonal Relationships
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Interpersonal Relationships
Credits
- researcher
- Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
- writer
- Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
- director
- Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
- participation
- Jo-Ann Thibault
- Louka Wesley
- Mélanie Caron
- Daniel Leduc
- Jean-Pierre Bouffard
- Eliza Tremblay
- producer
- Nathalie Cloutier
- editor
- Rébécca Gagnon-Paolitto
- director of photography
- Cloé Lafortune
- location sound
- Jacob Marcoux
- Jordan Choinière
- Jérémie Mazan
- sound design
- Marie-Pierre Grenier
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- production manager
- Laurie Pominville
- supplementary footage
- Étienne Dagenais
- additional production manager
- Fiona Cully
- camera assistant
- Myriam Payette-Bourdages
- Laura Torres
- assistant director
- Carlos Cortes
- assistant art director
- Samuel Graveline
- key grip
- Clémentine Martin
- key gaffer
- Mirkö Lafrenière
- best boy gaffer
- Simon Di Genova
- motion consultant
- Alice Blanchet-Gavouyère
- stylist
- Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
- dresser
- Judith Chartier
- makeup artist and hairdresser
- Lydia Depeault
- photographer
- Didier Pigeon-Perreault
- participant
- Myriam Bernet
- Jean-Pierre Bouffard
- Adrian Giraud
- Miguel Lambert
- Daniel Leduc
- Frédérique Lespérance
- Olivier Maltais
- Annie Martineau
- Léa-Marie Paiement
- Anastasia Popov
- Philippe Sasseville
- Marleen Smith
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Patrick Trahan
- translation
- Difuze inc.
- subtitling
- Difuze inc.
- graphic design
- Mélanie Bouchard
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- colourization
- Yannick Carrier
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Isabelle Lussier
- legal advisor
- Julie Patry
- media relation
- Sophie St-Pierre
- marketing manager
- Karine Sévigny
- marketing coordinator
- Jolène Lessard
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- senior production coordinator - administration
- Brenda Nixon
- studio coordinator
- Stéphanie Lazure
- Gabrielle Dupont
- senior production coordinator
- Joëlle Lapointe
- Chinda Phommarinh
- production coordinator
- Alexandra Bourque
- Lucia Corak
- Alexandra Levert
- technical coordination
- Esther Viragh
- Luc Binette
- Daniel Claveau
- executive production
- Nathalie Cloutier
Awards
- Prix coup de coeur SLA LocationFantasia International Film Festival