Sweet Affliction


short film – Québec – 2017 – 8 min
english (french subtitles) | 16:9 | 5.1

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GENRE:
coming of age · comedy


SYNOPSIS:
Awkward and disheartened, 18-year-old Stacey grapples with romantic feelings for her older sister Angela.

Based on a short story by Anna Leventhal.

CAST:
Hilary King, Maddalena Vallecchi Williams, Chamille Roger-Young, Thomas Leblanc

CREW:
director: Jess Lee
screenwriter: Jess Lee
producers: Jess Lee, Carol Fernandes, Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
cinematography: Yan Clement
production design: Bernadette Houde
sound: Shayla Chilliak, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Gavin Fernandes

DISTRIBUTION:
NSI-Canada Online, Queer Bee Films


Festival Screenings

2017

image+nation LGBTQ Film Festival (Montréal)
*Prix du Public*


2018
Berlin Feminist Film Week (Berlin)
Never Apart LGBTQ Film Series (Montréal)
Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival (Boston)
Comfort Station, Logan Square (Chicago)
Sunday Shorts Film Festival (London)
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (Mumbai, 2018)
MIX MEXICO: Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video (DF, 2018)
MUFF Montréal Underground Film Festival (Montréal)
Queer Hippo International LGBTQ Film Festival (Houston)
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Kyiv)
Queerbee LGBT Film Festival (London)
Cold Call 5 Film Festival (Montréal)
2019
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma (Montréal)