august 10, 2024
9:00 p.m.
Lac-Brome Theater

Annick Blanc

French, English subtitles
Feature film
Fiction / Drama / Black comedy / Psychological horror /
In competition
Classification: General
79 minutes

Psychological horror. Canada. 2023

Nina, a young tempestuous woman, finds herself stranded in the far North. She convinces her recent customers, five men on a bachelor hunting trip, to put her up for a few days. In this masculine microsociety, by turns hilarious and philosophical, Cynthia starts to feel a sense of belonging she never has before. But a mysterious stranger’s arrival changes the course of this improvised holiday forever.

Both raw and dreamlike, Hunting Daze offers up a unique universe where humour, horror, the uncanny, and the sensual combine.

Followed by a discussion with actress Nahéma Ricci and dirrector Annick Blanc

Annick Blanc

Driven by her love for visually intriguing and innovative storytelling, Annick Blanc co-founded Midi La Nuit with Maria Gracia Turgeon.
Her first feature film Hunting Daze (2024) premiered at South by Southwest. Her most recent short, The Colour of Your Lips (2019), won eight prizes (Austin Fantastic Fest, Solveig Anspach, Regard). Her second short film, Turn Off Before Living (2015) was shown at Dresden and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Her first short Nowhere Elsewhere (2010) garnered nine international prizes (Palm Springs Shortfest, Vienna Independent Short).
She has also produced two feature films and a dozen of shorts which have shined on the international scene (Berlin, Sundance, Tiff, Locarno).