Miryam Charles:
short films
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. Her debut feature film Cette Maison (This House) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) in 2022, and has since screened at many festivals, cinematheques and arts institutions worldwide. Her award-winning work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.
Her short films have been screened at festivals, institutions and events including : Berlin IFF, Toronto IFF, BFI London IFF, Edinburgh IFF, CalArts, LACMA, FNC Montreal, Maysles Documetary Center, Prismatic Ground FF - New York, L'alternativa, Spain, Vancouver IFF, Rencontres Paris & Berlin, Alchemy FF - UK, Imagine Science FF - New York, Vienna Independent Short FF, Encounters International Short FF, Dresden Short FF, BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, and Canyon Cinema
All the Days of May
Tous les jours de mai
Canada / 6 minutes / experimental / 2023 / Créole, French
Following the shooting of a documentary on the death of her daughter, a mother reflects on her own life and especially on the passing of time.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles
Cinematography : Miryam Charles, Isabelle Statchenko
Sound : Miryam Charles
Editing : Miryam Charles
Music : Romain Camiolo
Cast : Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Florence Blain Mbaye
Song for the New World
Chanson pour le Nouveau Monde
Canada / 9 minutes / experimental / 2021
Following the disappearance of a man in Scotland, his daughter recalls words chanted before nightfall.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles, Karine Bélanger
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Sound : Miryam Charles
Editing : Miryam Charles
Music : Romain Camiolo
Second Generation
Canada / 5 minutes / fiction / 2019
A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Thuy Hang Duong, Eliza Bonnel
Sound, editing, music : Miryam Charles
A Fortress
Une forteresse
Haïti, Québec / 6 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2018
After the death of their adoptive daughter a couple goes to Haiti looking for her relatives. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who might have the power of resurrection.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles / Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Eve Duranceau, Annie Darisse, Florence Blain M'Baye, Matthew Rankin, Maxime DeCotret et Mariola Camillien
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
Three Atlas
Haïti, Québec / 7 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2018
A maid is suspected of murdering her former employer. Questioned by the police, she will reveal the existence of a supernatural power.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles, Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Magda Pribitzer, Miryam Charles
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
Towards the Colonies
Vers les colonies
Canada, Haïti / 5 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2016
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles / Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
Fly, Fly Sadness
Vole, vole tristesse
Canada, Haïti / 6 minutes / experimental / 2015
Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Josue Mésadieu, Wenda Mesadieu, Hélène Mesadieu, Myrta Mesadieu, Edigh Charles,Milca Charles, Miryam Charles
Editing, music : Miryam Charles
Sound : Miryam Charles, Luc Boudrias