Emilie Mannering

Emilie Mannering

History

Emilie Mannering is a self-taught filmmaker from Montreal. Her award-winning short films have been screened in over 100 local and international competitions. She has been nominated twice at the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Canadian Short Fiction (STAR and Mahalia Melts In The Rain) and once at the Gala des prix Iris du cinéma Québécois (STAR). Emilie has also participated in the TIFF Talent Lab and her most recent film Jarvik recently won the Region Skåne Short Film Award in Sweden and was selected by TIFF Canada's Top Ten.

Profile

Emilie Mannering

Movies

À la vie à l'amor
À la vie à l'amor
Writer
Following a hard break up, Cesar feels nothing. On the day of his 30th birthday, he asks one thing and one thing only, from the people he meets: their testimonial on unconditional love in front of his camera. Throughout his interviews the young artist tries to understand a question that haunts him: how to love?
À la vie à l'amor
À la vie à l'amor
Director
Following a hard break up, Cesar feels nothing. On the day of his 30th birthday, he asks one thing and one thing only, from the people he meets: their testimonial on unconditional love in front of his camera. Throughout his interviews the young artist tries to understand a question that haunts him: how to love?
Brasier
Brasier
Director
Championed in her sporting activities by her teenage brother, Pierre-Amelia’s innocent world shatters when she joins an elite soccer team of older girls. After being dragged into her teammate's shocking discussion about sex, Pierre-Amelia discovers the deep desire she harbors for her brother.
Like a House on Fire
Like a House on Fire
Graphic Designer
Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.
Jarvik
Jarvik
Director
A teenager who longs to just be a teenager must instead spend the last days of summer helping her family cope with a recent loss as well as her younger brother’s health crisis.
Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Director
Mahalia, a timid 9-year-old black girl, feels different from the other girls in her ballet class. Hoping to boost her confidence, her mother brings her to the hair salon to get her hair straightened for the very first time.
Star
Star
Director
Star follows the path of Tito and Jay, two brothers living in the Montreal neighborhood of Park Extension. Accompanying these young people in their daily life marked by complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes dear to teenagers: identity and friendship.
Star
Star
Screenplay
Star follows the path of Tito and Jay, two brothers living in the Montreal neighborhood of Park Extension. Accompanying these young people in their daily life marked by complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes dear to teenagers: identity and friendship.
Star
Star
Director
Star follows the path of Tito and Jay, two brothers living in the Montreal neighborhood of Park Extension. Accompanying these young people in their daily life marked by complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes dear to teenagers: identity and friendship.