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, CA)
*Prix du Public*


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