August 12, 2024
5:00 p.m.
Lac-Brome Theater

Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

French, English subtitles
Feature Film / In competition
Fiction
Classification: General
64 minutes

Fiction. Quebec (Canada). 2023

Sweet Sixteen presents eight 16 year old girls that unveil themselves through 8 bittersweet monologues. All highlighted in a evocative and poetic setting, the characters deliver on different themes; self-image, eating disorders, anxiety, their first love, their first kiss, friendship, sorority, sex, rape, incest, social media, social and political revolts. Constructed as a symphony form, the piece of work goes through four movements and is musically supported. The strong visual identity forces the movie to define itself somewhere between full feature film and object of art. Sweet Sixteen is a cinematographic adaptation done by Alexa-Jeanne Dubé from the play of the same name written in 2018 by the late Suzie Bastien.

Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

Alexa-Jeanne is first and foremost a comedian. We’ve appreciated her performance in the tv series Faits divers, l’Échappée, Larry, Après, la Faille and much more. In 2015, the actress was nominated at the Prix Gémeaux in the best female performance for an original series produced for digital media for her role in Féminin/Féminin. The artist started directing in 2016 with her first short film YES BUT NO THANKS and has continued her path with more productions like Joutel (2021), BKS (2020) and Scopique (2017) that have all been presented in multiple festivals around the world and have each received a few prizes. In addition, her last two short films were nominated for the Gala Québec Cinéma in the category of the Best Drama Short Film. Lastly, Alexa-Jeanne is also the initiator and artistic director for the NICE TRY- belessai nights presented at Usine C since 2015, a must-see quarterly gathering of spontaneous and festive creation.