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Shooting Star (2020 film)

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Shooting Star
FrenchComme une comète
Directed byAriane Louis-Seize
Written byAriane Louis-Seize
Produced byFanny Drew
Sarah Mannering
StarringMarguerite Bouchard
Whitney Lafleur
Patrick Hivon
CinematographyShawn Pavlin
Edited byStéphane Lafleur
Music byPierre-Philippe «Pilou» Côté
Production
company
Colonelle Films
Release date
  • September 14, 2020 (2020-09-14) (TIFF)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Shooting Star (French: Comme une comète) is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize.[1] The film stars Marguerite Bouchard as Chloé, a teenage girl travelling with her mother Nathalie (Whitney Lafleur) and her mother's boyfriend Christopher (Patrick Hivon) to observe shooting stars, only to begin developing a sexual and romantic attraction of her own to Christopher.[2]

The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was subsequently screened at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, where it won the Prix Télébec,[3] and at the Whistler Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork.[4]

The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[5]

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