Country Canada
Year of prod. 2006
Format 35mm color voa; BetaSP voa stf
Running time 7 min. 50 sec.
Type Fiction-comedy
Director Philippe Roberge
Script Philippe Roberge
Producer Philippe Roberge
DOP Jean-François Lord
Music Pierre-Daniel Rheault
Editor Philippe Roberge
Mathieu Bergeron
Actors Derrick Damon Reeves, Alexandre Bisping, Jean-Robert Bourdage
Versions English,
English with french subtitles
8 minutes in the life of three escapers.

This comedy about the human hierarchy of needs, tells the story of three men, running away from something, who will unite against adversity.

Director's biofilmography :

In 1997, Philippe Roberge wrote and directed his first professional short film called Escape, for which he won the Bronze medal at the Festival of Nations in Austria and the Best Editing award at FFAT in Montreal. While writing and directing his own films, Philippe has also participated in over 50 feature films as a special effects technician, therefore working with directors such as: Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Darren Aronofsky and many others. This occupation gives him great hands-on filming experience as well as the opportunity to observe some of the most eminent directors at work.

Philippe's subsequent short films (Alone we Stand & Mogadon 7), filmed in 35mm, were also presented at different festivals wherein Mogadon 7 won a prize for best cinematography and best editing. Recently, he completed his fifth professional film entitled Weenie Wednesday.

2006 Weenie Wednesday - Writer, dir. and editor 8 min. 35 mm.
2005 Drop - Writer, director and editor 3 min. Mini DV
2003 Mogadon 7 - Writer, director and editor 5 min. 35 mm.
2003 Alone we Stand - Writer, director and editor 5 min. 35 mm.
1998 Escape - Writer, director and editor 12 min. 16 mm.
1991 Slim Sullivan - Writer, director and editor 8 min. 16 mm.
1990 Traqué Malgré Lui - Director and editor 11 min. Video.

- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2007 (Montréal)
- Video Party (Montreal)
- Off-courts 2006 (Trouville, France)
- Fantasia Film Festival 2007 (Montréal)