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Year of prod. 2001
Running time 6 min. 47 sec.
Type Comedy
Director Jean-François Denis
Script Jean-François Denis
Producers Frank Audet,
Jean-François Denis,
Denis McKay
Actors Pierre-Yves Charbonneau,
Anne-Marie Olivier,
Lilianne Jodouin,
Michel Lee,
Roxanne Cloutier
Country Canada, Quebec
Distribution Netima
Versions Silent
A couple and a chessboard. Neighbours seeking into madness. A classical air on an unusual stake.

About the director :

After studies as a art decorator, Jean-François Denis decides to invest his imagination in making films and videos. Many videoclips, short fictions - and babies! - later, here comes Pion (Pawn), which, according to the young father, could have an autobiographical taste!

Filmography :

Short films
Grosso Modo, DV, 2003
Tutu, DV, 2003
Objects of despair are closer than they appear, Mini DV, 2002
Ô Putain!, DV, 2002
Thomas, DV, 2002
Pion, DV, 2001
Le mal était bienfait, DV, Vidéastes recherchés 2000
Duellistes, DV, 2000
Cinq, Hi-8mm, Vidéastes recherchés. 1999
Point Rouge, Pearl Jam, 16mm, 1998
Dans l'ombre de cupidon, Hi-8 mm, Vidéastes recherchés 1996

Videoclips
Arts et Spectacles, The Good Samaritains, 2002
Blaze Robinson, The Good Samaritains, 2000
Ça plane pour moi, The Merry Makers, 1999

Television
Sommeil profond 1999

Animation
Animation for «Dagobert» 1996

Feature film in project : Le bonheur est monstrueux!
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2002 (Montréal)
- L'Internationale du court-métrage vidéo d'Alma 2002
- Downstream int'l Film Festival 2002 (Gainesville, USA)
- Festival du Film court de Victo 2002 (Victoriaville, Canada)
- Off-courts Short Film Festival 2003 (Trouville, France)

- Vancouver Celebration of Independents 2005