Squad Leader Td-73028 Soliloquy

Short film fiction | Quebec, Canada | 7 min. 55 sec. | DCP | 2:35 | Dolby 5.1 | English | 2018

Synopsis:
To be or not to be: Star Wars meets Shakespeare. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy is presented as the inner voice of a Stormtrooper, demonstrating the way Shakespeare’s language still echoes down to us through the centuries and remains as relevant today as ever—not to mention as well in a galaxy far, far away…

« Être ou ne pas être », telle est la question. C’est à cette improbable rencontre entre Star Wars et Shakespeare que le film nous convie, en revisitant le célèbre soliloque d’Hamlet. Mettant en lumière cette résonnance contemporaine dans l’écriture shakespearienne qui a traversé les siècles, gardant toute sa force et sa justesse ici, maintenant, et dans une galaxie pas si lointaine, finalement…

Director, producer: Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer
Based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Soliloquy
Cosplayer: David Blouin (TD-73028)
TD-73028 voice : Anton Golikov
Director of photography : Arnaud Dumas
Music: Carl Bastien
Sound Design: Olivier Calvert
Sound Mixing: Martin M. Messier
Colourist: Marc Boucrot (FIlm factory)
Editing: Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer
VFX: Jean-Michel Bourgeois

Distribution: Danny Lennon (Prends ça court!)

Contact: tulp1632@videotron.ca

Awards:
15th Gala Prends ça court! – FCVQ award

Screenings and festivals selections:
Not Short on Talent – Festival du court de Clermont-Ferrand 2018 (selection by Telefilm Canada)
22th Festival Regard (2018, Chicoutimi, Canada)
35th Busan International Film Festival (2018, South Korea)
13th Rencontre du film court de Madagascar (2018, Madagascar)
4th Longue vue sur le court (2018, Quebec, Canada)
17th Vitesse Lumière (2018, Quebec, Canada)
22th Fantasia International Film Festival (2018, Montreal, Canada)
19th Off-Court Trouville (2018, France)
16th IFF Pacific Meridian of Vladivostok (2018, Russia)
16e Édition de Courts Critiques (2018, Canada)
13e Cinéma Urbain de la SAT (2018, Canada)
8e Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec (2018, Canada)
3rd Stuff MX Film Festival (2018, Mexico)
22th PÖFF SHORTS Back Night International FIlm Fest (2018, Tallinn, Estonia)
12th Thessaloniki’s International Shorts Festival * TiSFF * (2018, Greece)
17th SPASM International film festival (2018, Montreal, Canada)
ComicCon Los Angeles (2018, US)
ComicCon Bulgaria (2018, Bulgaria)
ComicCon de Québec (2018, Canada)
Short That Are Not Pants Film Festival (2018, Toronto, Canada)
15th Images en vue Film Festival (2018, Canada)
4th Capricorn Film Festival (2018, Australia)
9th Shortz Film Festival (2018, Serbia)
14th Cinema on the Bayou (2019, US)

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