Hibiscus Season

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Hibiscus Season
FrenchLa saison des hibiscus
Directed byÉléonore Goldberg
Written byÉléonore Goldberg
Produced byNicolas Dufour-Laperrière
Edited byÉléonore Goldberg
Stéphane Calce
Music byStéphane Calce
Animation byParissa Mohit
Kathleen Weldon
Éléonore Goldberg
Production
company
Embuscade Films
Distributed byLa Distributrice de films
Release date
  • 2020 (2020)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Hibiscus Season (French: La saison des hibiscus) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Éléonore Goldberg and released in 2020.[1] Based on Goldberg's own childhood, the film centres on Rachel, a young girl from France living in Zaire with her family in the early 1990s, who is taking refuge with her mother in the French embassy in Kinshasa during the military riots.[1]

The film won the Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film at the 22B Quebec Cinema Awards.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Rika Mpogazi, "Glorifier le français sur les écrans de cinéma à Ottawa". La Rotonde, March 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 6, 2021.


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