Year
2025
Length
1h47m
Language
French
THE FURIES
Mélanie Charbonneau
OFF-FESTIVAL 2026 - In collaboration with Domaine Jolivent
Dinner & projection
Synopsis : When Waterloo gets its new semi-pro men’s hockey team, the local women’s amateur leagues are kicked out of the arena. Determined to avenge their lost ice time, an impulsive hockey player and a ruthless octogenarian — once a roller derby legend — come up with a plan: to recruit the town’s outcasts and form an underground roller derby team. With the backing of the Knitting Circle, they’ll prove that women’s sports can ignite crowds — and that sisterhood is the ultimate act of resistance
Director
Mélanie Charbonneau
Screenwriter
Gabrielle Côté
Editor
Isabelle Malenfant, Matthieu Bouchard
Cast
Gabrielle Côté, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, France Castel
Director of photography
Ariel Méthot
Composer
Antoine Rochette
Production
Emile Bilodeau
Genre
Comedy
Country
Canada
Type
Feature film
Category
Fiction
Subtitle
English
3 July 19:00 to 23:00
Domaine Jolivent
Mélanie Charbonneau
Mélanie Charbonneau is a Quebec screenwriter and director known for her bold, character-driven storytelling. Her debut feature, Fabuleuses (2019), was internationally acclaimed and received five Iris Award nominations, followed by Out Standing, inspired by the true story of Sandra Perron and set to premiere at TIFF 2025. She is currently in post-production on her third feature, Les Furies, a comedy about a group of women starting their own roller derby team. She has also distinguished herself through several award-winning short films and the web series Je ne suis pas un robot (Welcome to Soulshine). She lives with her family in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.