“Flying” By Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà

When the entire world stands at the edge of darkness, music and art become our sole instruments of escape. Our means towards soul-healing. Our liberation from the shadows of doubt and disconnect.

The short film IN MEDIAS RUSH is an experimental cinematic journey into the depths of a manic mind. A poetic retro-sci-fi narrative unfolded in a string of unsettling tableaus that encapsulates the male protagonist’s ambiguous feelings about his birthday. While balancing between realities in his silent struggle with severe mental illness, we plunge into the film at a neatly orchestrated birthday party. The protagonist is accompanied by his girlfriend, and they are drinking cocoa on the couch in their mutual home. The setting breathes pure perfection, but through the voice over we sense that another reality is soon to be revealed. With one foot on the accelerator, he is heading towards the edge. The thematic focal point of IN MEDIAS RUSH is mental health problems among young adults, and the social/personal consequences related to the existing taboo on the subject. The film wishes to formulate an honest cinematic space in which words, sound, and image artistically interprets and articulates some of the perspectives related to especially bipolar, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. IN MEDIAS RUSH was nominated in the category 'Best Danish Short Film' at Copenhagen Short Film Festival in 2020. Original title: IN MEDIAS RÆS Directed by: Esben Persson -------------------- DK: IN MEDIAS RÆS IN MEDIAS RÆS er en filmisk rejse ind i dybderne af et manisk sind. En ung mand fejrer sin fødselsdag, mens hans tanker tordner afsted. Med en uvillig fod på speederen har han kurs mod kanten. FR: IN MEDIA RES IN MEDIA RES est un voyage dans les profondeurs d’un esprit maniaque. Un jeune homme fête son anniversaire tandis que ses pensées se multiplient. Malgré lui, il se dirige vers un point de non-retour. -------------------- Cast: Peter Alexander Bach & Amanda Overby Drew Director // Script writer // Set designer // Costume designer // Editor // Speaker: Esben Persson Photographer // Editor: Lasse Mølsted Producer: Latifa Lykke Ben Mabrouk Assistant producer: Cecilie Creutsberg Music composer: Martin Bejder Sound designer: Mads Hye Chief Lighting Technician: Rasmus Bruun Liboriussen VFX: Jonas Fonnesbæk Lodahl Colorist: Kristopher Paterson Graphic designer: Jakob Toft Kristensen -------------------- Shot on RED Monstro 8K with Lomo Squarefront Anamorphics.

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Credits

Directed by Alexandre Richard

Music performed by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
Original music by Valentin Hadjadj

A Studio St-Antoine Inc. Production

Executive Producers: Maryse Rouillard & Paul Cadieux
Line Producer: Patrick Raymond
Unit Production Manager: Alexe Laroche
Cinematography: Graham GS
Screenwriter: Alexandre Richard

Conductor & Soloist: Angèle Dubeau

La Pietà:
Josiane Breault, Julie Triquet, Amélie Lamontagne, Amélie Benoit-bastien, Mana Shiraishi, Anne Beaudry, Bojana Milinov, Chunghan Hsiao, Laurence Leclerc, Caroline Richard, Geneviève Bigonnesse, Amélie Fortin

Casting:
Angèle Dubeau, Juliette Gariépy, Jules Roy Sicotte, Charles-Alexis Desgagnés, Janelle Hacault

Artistic Director: Mathieu Materio
Assistant Artistic Director: Florence Maltais
Make up Artist: Janie Gagnon
1st AC: Jonathan Auger
2nd AC: Charlotte Lari
1st AD: Alexe Laroche
Gaffer: Jocelyn Cardinal // Maxime Latraverse
Key Grip: Yvain Jeanmart
Sound Recording: Louis Cabanac
Covid-19 Health Coordinator: Charlotte Lessard-raymond
PA (on set : Marianne Mooshine
PA (driver): Olivier Barzic

Editor: Alexandre Richard
Mix and Sound Design: Alexis LP
Colorist: Martin Gaumond // Outpost
VFX Supervisor: Marc Hall
VFX Coordinator: Moona Marsolais
VFX Artists: David Atexide, Jonathan Cyr, Robson Van

Thanks to:
Les Orphelins, AA Studios, Le Livart, India Katherine Jones, Guillaume Courchesne, Florence Laferrière, La famille Louet

Album Recording : Analekta

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