AÏDA NEITHER
15 min - narrative fiction
Canada/france
Leïla, a young woman of Moroccan descent, has returned to Corsica where she was born, to visit the grave of her stillborn child. A conversation with her brother Amine, who stayed in Bastia, brings up her doubts of burying there. Between Corsica, the mainland and Morocco, Leïla ponders her identity.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2024/2025: Toronto International Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, Chelsea Film Festival, Med Film Festival, Over-the-Rhine Film Festival, Hollyshorts London Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, Les Nuits MED, Moonstep International Film Festival, Tehran International Film Festival, Festival la toile des palmistes
Nomination : 2024 Unifrance Prize
Screenwriter/Director: Elisa Gilmour
Producers: Murielle Thierrin, Isabelle Deluce, Daiva Žalnieriunas
Line Producer: Alexandre Collombier
Editor: Omar Elhamy
Cinematographer: Jac Martinez
Composer: Stefana Fratila
Performers: Lina Alsayed, Hajri Gachouch and Charles Thétard
Assistant Director: Arthur Lallauret
Script Supervisor: Kristin Ferrer
Sound Recordist: Max Laffitte
1st Assistant Camera/Focus Puller: Charlie Renier
2nd Assistant Camera/Loader: Emilie Crépet
Set Decorator/Props Master: Léana Larzilliere
Key Electric: Xavier Randazzo
Key Grip: El Mekki Arrhiouri
Locations Manager: Mourad Moussaoui
Production Assistant/Background performer: Cyril Calisti
Production Secretary: Mathilde Vergeon
Production Intern: Maëra Bolore
Runner: Samuel Mehraz
Post-Production Supervisor: Josh David
Poster: Sylvain Beaudry
Company 3 Sales Director: Mike Paterson
Company 3 Producer: Sarah Riley
Company 3 Senior Colorist: Dave Muscat
Company 3 Senior Finishing Editor: Motassem Younes
Formosa Group Sound Effects Editor: Jane Tattersall
Formosa Group Dialogue Editor: David McCallum
Formosa Group Re-recording Mixer: Stacy Coutts
”HARDCORE"
Performed by Odezenne and Written/Composed by Alix Caillet + Jacques Cormary + Mattia Lucchini
Universeul Publishing
Collectivité de Corse (with the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée)
Ontario Arts Council (and the Government of Ontario)
Toronto Arts Council (and the City of Toronto)
Toronto Friends of Visual Arts
Kodak Pictures
Company 3
Formosa Group
thank you:
Montieth Illingworth
Claire Aldrich
Chris Reed
Valerie Schweitzer
Philip Lee
Ian Wheatley
Susan Patterson
Dr. Kenneth Montague
Kathleen Beeston
Vesna Svilanovic
Gerhard Hauck
Patricia Illingworth
Zoe Bursztajn-Illingworth
Peter Gill
Natalia Kostiw
Crystal Green
