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Little Goodbyes

A film by

Justine Martin

Synopsis

A cold December night. After a series of peculiar encounters, two little girls cling to the last remaining glimpses of Christmas magic.

Highlights

Tags

2025

Drama

Fiction

Genre

Drama

Country

Canada (Quebec)

Year

2025

Length

15'03"

Themes

Teen friendly

Holidays

Growing pains

with
Florence Séguin, Simone Ledoux-Bellemare
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Production
Amélie Tremblay (Nemesis Films), Justine Martin (Albatros Films)
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Screenplay
Justine Martin
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Artistic Direction
Rebecca Döry
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Cinematography
Alexandre Nour
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Editing
Xi Feng, Félix Bouffard-Dumas
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Sound Design
Christophe Voyer, Jacob Marcoux
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Music
Louis-Joseph Cliche

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Director's statement

Little goodbyes is a film that explores the nuances of childhood and adulthood through the simplicity of a gaze or the dreamy feeling of Christmas memories. Through the subtleties of drama and comedy, it leads the viewer into a wave of emotions that recalls the complexity of growing up and waking up one day by noticing for the first time that everything has changed. The story leans towards the darker and inner side present in all children to reach the viewer emotionally through a universal language: We have all had a moment in our lives when the naivety of a magical moment ceased to exist, and each of us holds a different yet vivid memory of it.Justine Martin

Justine Martin

Justine Martin is a Quebecois filmmaker whose work explores rites of passage, the influence of time and the intersection between reality and fiction. She is a graduate from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal and was part of the 2024 Sundance Ignite Fellowship cohort. Her debut documentary short, Oasis (2022), has been shortlisted at the 96th Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Short and is part of the New York Times’ Op-Docs collection. Justine is currently developing Sundays, a feature-length documentary, while her third short film, Little Goodbyes (2025), is currently in distribution.

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Festivals

15 Short Film Festival, USA | 2025 * JURY AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE
Festival Émergence, Canada | 2025 * Best Short fiction Award
Durham Region International Film Festival, Canada | 2025 * Best Canadian Film Award

‍Palm Springs Shortfest and Market, USA | 2025
Indy Shorts International Film Fest, USA | 2025
Festival Int. Du Film Francophe de Namur (section scolaire), Belgium | 2025
Kerry Film Festival, Irland | 2025
Filmets Badalona, Spain | 2025
Festival de Cine Nuevo - DETOUR!, Uruguay | 2025
Healdsburg Short Film Festival, USA | 2025
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada | 2025
Fantasia, Canada | 2025
Les Percéides, Canada | 2025
Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada | 2025

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