2023-10-12 22:10:45
Series About Antoine will be presented in the International Series Competition of the Geneva International Film Festival 2023, next November.
The event is the oldest Geneva festival dedicated to cinema and one of the first in the world to have integrated television into its programs. It welcomes on average some 50,000 festival-goers each year and offers films, series, interactive installations and works in virtual reality for ten days.
Let us remember thatAbout Antoine recently received the prize for Best Foreign French-speaking Fiction at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival, in addition to receiving a nomination at the Diversify TV Awards at MIPCOM in Cannes in the “Representation of Disability – Scripted».
The first season of the new series “About Antoine”, filmed in Quebec during the summer of 2022. COURTESY PHOTO
Launched last January on Club illico, About Antoine tells the story of Julie (Cathleen Rouleau, the author of the series), who after falling in love with Marc (Claude Legault) becomes a stepmother to two children, including Antoine (Antoine Parent-Bédard), disabled, autistic, intellectually disabled, non-verbal and high-functioning epileptic.
Produced by ComediHa!, in collaboration with Quebecor Content, the second season is currently being produced in Quebec City.
The 29th edition of GIFF will be held from November 3 to 12 in Switzerland.
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