Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!

Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! is a Canadian short film, directed by Sébastien Pilote and released in 2007.[1] The film stars André Bouchard as a man in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region who has just lost his job after the closure of his employer, as he goes about his first day without the stable and predictable structure of a normal work day.[2]

Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!
Directed bySébastien Pilote
Written bySébastien Pilote
StarringAndré Bouchard
Gérald Pilote
Jean Wauthier
Music byPierre Lapointe
CinematographySébastien Pilote
Guillaume Tremblay
Release date
2007
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Gérald Pilote and Jean Wauthier.

The film premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.[3] It won the awards for best short film at the 2007 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona,[4] the 2007 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[5] and the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois,[6] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[7]

References
  1. Pierre Barrette, "Portrait du capitalisme ordinaire". 24 images, Issue 154 (October-November 2011). p. 31.
  2. Anabelle Nicoud, "Portrait: Sébastien Pilote". La Presse, August 5, 2007.
  3. Chris Knight, "TIFF goes peddling its celluloid bundle; Canadian Cinema; Top 10 includes Cronenberg, Maddin, Arcand". National Post, December 12, 2007.
  4. "En bref - Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! honoré à Barcelone". Le Devoir, September 28, 2007.
  5. John Griffin, "Success feels 'super bien'". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2007.
  6. Brendan Kelly, "Attendance up, so is winner; Rendez-Vous du cinema Quebecois. Up the Yangtze adds another prize to its cache". Montreal Gazette, February 25, 2008.
  7. "La 10e soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, March 9, 2008.
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