series About Antoine will be presented next November in the International Series Competition of the 2023 Geneva Film Festival.
The event is the oldest Geneva film festival and one of the first in the world to integrate television into its program. It welcomes an average of around 50,000 festival visitors every year and offers films, series, interactive installations and works in virtual reality for ten days.
Recall that About Antoine recently received the award for the best French-language foreign fiction at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival and was also nominated for the Diversify TV Awards at MIPCOM in Cannes in the category “Representation of Disability –”. Script.
The first season of the new series “About Antoine”, filmed in Quebec in summer 2022. COURTESY PHOTO
About Antoine appeared last January on Club illico and tells the story of Julie (Cathleen Rouleau, the series’ author), who falls in love with Marc (Claude Legault) and becomes a stepmother to two children, including Antoine (Antoine Parent-Bédard). ), disabled, autistic, mentally retarded, non-verbal and high-functioning epileptic.
The second season was produced by CodiHa! produced in collaboration with Quebecor Content and is currently in production in Quebec City.
The 29th edition of the GIFF will take place in Switzerland from November 3rd to 12th.