Justine Prince
Directing
Biography
Justine Prince is a screenwriter and director born in Quebec City whose work primarily explores gender representation and nostalgia. A graduate of UQÀM in film production, she tries to deconstruct the codes of femininity in cinema through a language that oscillates between dreams and reality. In 2022, she was awarded the Bourse de la Relève of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts for her first independent short film, Peau de pêche, which she completed the following year. In 2023, she received funding to write her second short film, Toutes ces Balles Perdues.
Known For
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Projection libre
Rated X, a short documentary about the adult industry, focuses on giving a voice to the porn actresses working within it. In a perspective of showing how these women empower themselves with their job, Rated X shows the porn industry like never before.
Rated X
June 2010. 11 years old Julia and Raphaëlle are the best at killing time together. Between walking their blind neighbor’s dogs and finishing their music video before Raph returns to Romania, they unconsciously grow apart. This nostalgic semi-autobiographical story recounts the last moments of the inevitable and awkward summer between childhood and adolescence.
Peaches
Living alone with her pet vacuum cleaner in a depressing elderly center, Lisette hopes to find love online, but ends up becoming friends with Jules, a young janitor.
Charming
After basketball practice, a 15-year-old girl meets a stranger for a transaction that goes almost as planned. Confronted with her own limits, she will come to harshly realize her place in the real world, beyond the court.
Almost Pink
After losing yet again in an Elvis Presley impersonator competition, Steve and his father decide to steal the winner's costume. The two clash over which one deserves to have it, an argument that will ultimately inspire young Steve to break free from his father's grip. An offbeat and absurd cinematic take on freedom and identity.