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Losing Your Home

A film by

Emmanuel Rioux

Synopsis

Too many stories can tell the horrible consequences of the housing crisis. Those of Jeannette and Frances make us feel the difficult experience of eviction. During long months of anguish, brief hopes and uprooting, Jeannette and Frances struggle, alone and surrounded, against a phenomenon that is becoming more and more pronounced: losing your home.

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2024

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Documentary

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Country

Canada (Quebec)

Year

2024

Length

19'21"

Themes

Social Justice

Third Age

Violence and Abuse

Discrimination and Stigmatisation

With
Frances Foster, Jeannette Chiasson
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Production
Romane Gagnon
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Director
Emmanuel Rioux
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Screenplay
Alexandre Petitclerc
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Cinematography
Thomas Fontaine
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Editing
Jérémie Mazan
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Sound
Jacob Marcoux, Christophe Voyer (Les Copains du Son)
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Music
Benjamin Duplantie Grenier

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Director's statement

I developed JUSTE UN TOIT (LOSING YOUR HOME) with Alexandre Petitclerc, a doctoral student in philosophy and a specialist in housing issues. This project stands at the crossroads of his research work and my cinematographic approach. The common goal was to bring to life the experiences and emotions of people forced to leave their homes – a dimension often absent from academic research. I thus approached the project intending to immerse the audience in the poignant reality of eviction. During pre-production, the discovery of Jeannette and Frances was a turning point. These two elderly women, although they did not know each other, shared immense courage and a fierce determination to fight their eviction. Their complementarity – evident both in their on-screen energy and their socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds – allowed us to create a mirroring effect in the editing. This interwoven dynamic became, in a sense, the cornerstone of the narrative. My artistic approach, minimalist and intimate with the use of a tripod-mounted camera, aimed to immerse the viewer at the heart of the distress experienced during an eviction, without falling into miserabilism. Beyond fostering empathy for those facing eviction, the aim was also to mobilize the public on a situation that knows no boundaries: evictions, the housing crisis, and gentrification.

Emmanuel Rioux

In 2022, Emmanuel directed CENDRES, his first fiction short film, which was shown in several festivals. In the last year, he also directed the second season of the web series MOI, J'HABITE NULLE PART, which was nominated for three prizes at the 2023 Gémeaux awards. LOSING YOUR HOME is his first documentary short film.

Filmography

Juste un toit | Short Documentary | 2025
Cendres | Short Fiction | 2022

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Festivals

Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada | 2024 * Jury Mention – Canadian Grand Prize
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada | 2024 * Punch Film Award
Vues du Québec, France | 2025 * Grand Prize – Short Film Competition
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada | 2025 * Jury Award's Coup de cœur
Cinémania, Canada | 2024 * Grand Prize – Best Quebec Short Film Competition

Doc NYC, USA | 2024‍
Interfilm Berlin, Germany | 2024
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Les Percéïdes, Canada | 2024
Festival du film de la Ville de Québec, Canada | 2024
Festifilm de la Beauce, Canada | 2024
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada | 2024
Les trois jours du documentaire à Percé, Canada | 2024
Desertscape International Film Festival, USA | 2025
Positively Different Short Film Festival, Greece | 2025
San Francisco Int. Film Festival, USA | 2025
Festival Tout Court, Italy | 2025
Short Encounters International Film Festival, Greece | 2025
Made Here Film Festival, USA | 2025
i-Fest International Film Festival, Italy | 2025
Filministes, Canada | 2025
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada | 2025
Festival Autogéré de Films Engagés, Canada | 2025
Les droits humains à l’affiche, Canada | 2025
Prix RÉALS 2025. Canada | 2025
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada | 2025
Ottawa Film Festival. Canada | 2025

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