Neon Dreaming

Eight-year-old Billie’s attempts to find out the true identity of her absent mother are brought to life in Marie-Claire Marcotte’s moving and well-observed drama that celebrates childhood free-spiritedness and imagination. The free-spiritedness and imagination of childhood skips through Marie-Claire Marcotte’s well-observed drama. Eight-year-old Billie (Maélya Boyd, in a winning feature debut) believes her absent mum is a ballerina until a school show-and-tell sows the seeds of doubt in her mind. Billie enlists the help of her best friend Sherry (Maïna-Rose Caméus), increasingly determined to find out the truth, whether her dad (Corey Loranger) and grandma (Geneviève Langlois) like it or not. Marcotte crafts a vivid and frequently humorous child’s eye view of the world that builds to a moving consideration of family relationships and the possibility of starting over. Screening as part of Audience Award French with English Subtitles The screening on 4 March will be followed by a Q&A with Marie-Claire Marcotte (director) and Brennan Fuller (cinematographer). View all GFF25 Q&A Screenings here. Thanks to Rever En NeonCanada, 2024PT1H24MN/C 15+2025-03-04

Maelya Boyd

Corey Loranger

Genevieve Langlois

Marie-Claire Marcotte

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Showtimes

March 4, 8:30 pm

March 5, 3:45 pm