Robin L'Houmeau

Montreal, winter 2002. Stéphane, 19 years old, fan of Metal, student in graphic design, dreams of becoming an illustrator. But for months he has been caught in a threatening spiral: he is addicted to games. Indebted, without an apartment, avoiding his friends to whom he owes money, Stéphane takes a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant to get by.

No-one wants to play football with Gaby now that she has breasts. Like every other year, the 13-year-old is spending the summer with her dad on a small island off the Canadian coast – and she is not about to pretend that she’s suddenly a different person.

As Carolanne prepares to spend an evening with her friends, her ex-boyfriend pays her a visit, bringing her old clothes as an excuse. An argument will follow where a heavy past will surface.

Maxime es un joven quebequense que trabaja en una mina de oro. Tras provocar un drama que casi acaba con la vida de su amigo de la infancia, vive con un sentimiento de culpa que le prohíbe alcanzar la felicidad. Por eso, el día en que se produce una explosión en la mina, Maxime no duda ni un segundo en bajar con la firme intención de rescatar a todos sus compañeros y buscar, así, redimirse.

Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.

Montreal 1992 —Estranged from his cancer-stricken mother, Stan, a quixotic 19-year-old, dons a disguise and joins a therapy workshop for disfigured patients in a misguided attempt to reconnect with her.

This short film tells the story of Alexis, a 16-years-old hockey player who, after discovering he is gay, must face a heartbreaking dilemma: come out to his homophobic friends at the risk of being rejected and ridiculed, or stay in the closet even if that would mean abandoning Elliot, the only person who really loves him for what he is.