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Country Canada
Year of prod. 2007
Running time 11 min. 30 sec.
Type Fiction - youth
Director Chloé Leriche
Script Chloé Leriche
Production Films Camera Oscura
Producer Christine Falco
DOP John Ashmore
Sound Normand Lapierre,
Martin Pinsonnault, Clovis Gouaillier
Music Stéphane Boucher
Editor Chloé Leriche
Actors Robert Naylor, Jean-Carl Boucher Antoine Marcotte
Versions French,
French with english subtitles
Financial contributions
NSI Film Exchange, Sodec, CALQ, CBC
This comedy tells the story of three young boys who are the victims of a bully at school. One day, they decide to confront him.

Director's biofilmography :

A director from Quebec, Chloe Leriche is a former Kino Member (2000-2003. She has signed many short films (LA REPLIQUE (2001), COMME UNE OMBRE ALLONGEE SUR L'ASPHALTE (2001), HAMBOURG-ALTONA (2003). She's now working on two segments of ET IL Y AVAIT DE LA POESIE, a collective feature. The Schoolyard is her second short professional film.
Awards
- Script finalist : Cours écrire ton court! 2003
- NSI Drama Prize Film

Festivals
- Carrousel du film de Rimouski 2007
- Kinder KurzFilm Festival Hamburg 2007 (Allemagne)
- NSI Film Exchange 2007 (Winnipeg Canada)

- Festival int'l du Film de Toronto 2007
- Festival Off-courts de Trouville 2007 (France)
- Carrousel int'l du film de Rimouski 2007
- AFI Dallas 2008 (USA)
- Festival du film francophone de Kalamazoo (USA)

- Sprokets Toronto int’l film festival for Children 2008 (Canada)
- Viewfinders int’l film festival for Youth 2008 (Halifax, Canada)