Antoine Bourges

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Concrete Valley

2K | 90’ I 1.66:1 | 5.1 Surround I colour I 2022

Rashid, a former physician from Syria has settled in the area of Thorncliffe Park with his wife Farah, a former actor, and their young son. Struggling with his current position in life and seemingly eager to escape his marriage – while still guided by a sense of social solidarity for those around him – he proves himself a man capable of bitter derision and gaslighting as often as generosity and support.
(Andrea Picard, TIFF)

PRODUCTION General Use, Markhor Pictures | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Medium Density Fibreboard Films | FUNDING Telefilm Talent Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council

DISTRIBUTION Medium Density Fibreboard Films (Canada), MAD solutions (Middle East)
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CAST Hussam Douhna, Amani Ibrahim, Abdullah Nadaf, Lynn Nantume, Suliman Hafed, Aliya Kanani | DIRECTOR Antoine Bourges | SCRIPT Antoine Bourges, Teyama Alkamli | IMAGE Nikolay Michaylov | EDITOR Lindsay Allikas | PRODUCTION DESIGNER Amir Kiani | SOUND RECORDING Ogo Eze, Ian Reynolds | WARDROBE Asoomii Jay | ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Meelad Moaphi | CASTING Natalia Orasanin, Teyama Alkamli | COULORIST Sam Gilling | SOUND DESIGN, MIX Lucas Prokaziuk | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Kazik Radwanski, Dan Montgomery | PRODUCER Shehrezade Mian

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Fail to Appear

2K | 70’ I 1.85:1 | 5.1 Surround I colour I 2017

Isolde is a support caseworker in training trying to get a handle on the protocols, norms, and material constraints of her new vocation. She’s assigned to the case of Eric, a withdrawn, sullen man charged with petty theft, with whom she must forge enough of a relationship that he’ll show up for his impending court date. Bourges’s Toronto-set debut precisely renders the mechanics and kinks of the Canadian legal system and social services, conferring an element of documentary reality on a droll, touching narrative, which has an elegantly unembellished style that verges on the Bressonian.
(Dan Sullivan, Art of the Real)

PRODUCTION Medium Density Fibreboard Films, Film Forge, Antoine Bourges Films Ltd. | FUNDING Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council

DISTRIBUTION Medium Density Fibreboard Films (Canada)
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CAST Deragh Campbell, Nathan Roder, Shawn Collins, Maurice Knibbs, Delphine Roussel, Adam Nayman | SCRIPT, DIRECTING Antoine Bourges | IMAGE Nikolay Michaylov | EDITOR Ajla Odobašic | PRODUCTION DESIGNER Alicia Harris | SOUND RECORDING Alex Hennessey, Ian Reynolds | WARDROBE Tess Sorochan Ruland | COLOURIST Zach Cox | SOUND MIX Grant Edmonds | PRODUCERS Dan Montgomery, Karen Harnisch

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William in White Shirt

HD | 13’ I 1.3:1 | Stereo I black & white I 2015

A young man contends with life in a difficult neighbourhood of Vancouver. Through various daily encounters, he navigates an important life transition with a lighthearted approach.

PRODUCTION Antoine Bourges | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Medium Density Fibreboard Films

CAST Frank Studdhorse, Rose Studd, Emily Fiddy, Virgil Goosehead, Virgil Jr. Goosehead | SCRIPT, DIRECTING, EDITING Antoine Bourges | IMAGE Lindsay George | SOUND Devon Cooke, Nicole Kirch | SOUND MIX Gabe Knox | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Kazik Radwanski, Dan Montgomery | PRODUCER Antoine Bourges

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East Hastings Pharmacy

HD | 47’ I 1.85:1 | Stereo I colour I 2012

The chronicle of a typical pharmacy of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, where most clients are on a treatment that requires taking daily doses of methadone witnessed by the pharmacist. East Hastings Pharmacy is a site of rituals and repeated interactions where quiet routine and confrontation follow each other in one continuous movement. (Viennale)

PRODUCER Antoine Bourges | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Medium Density Fibreboard Films | FUNDING Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council

CAST Shauna Hansen, Luis Figueroa, Karen Noort, Janice “Angel” Rosenau, Taniaa “Smiley” Hamilton | SCRIPT, DIRECTING, EDITING Antoine Bourges | IMAGE Lindsay George | PRODUCTION DESIGNER Paul Joyal | ART DIRECTION Charlotte Craig | PRODUCTION MANAGER Lexa Naicu | SOUND Devon Cooke, Stirling Bancroft | SOUND MIX Matt Chan | COLOURIST Daniel Voshart

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Woman Waiting

35mm | 15’ I 1.85:1 | Stereo I colour I 2010

A middle aged woman is faced with poverty. As she struggles to find help within the system, her only option is to wait. (Berlinale)

PRODUCERS Antoine Bourges, Medium Density Fibreboard Films, William Fritzberg | SPONSORS Technolor, Cineworks

CAST Carmen Casanova, Hana Du Temple, Karen Lahay, Carrie Osborn | SCRIPT, DIRECTING, EDITING Antoine Bourges | IMAGE William Fritzberg | SOUND David Burnett, Raphael Choi | SOUND DESIGN William Fritzberg | SOUND MIX Matt Chan | PRODUCTION MANAGER, FIRST AC Lexa Naicu

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Credit: Calvin Thomas

Antoine Bourges is a Paris-born writer, director and producer. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, the TIFF Filmmaker lab, and NYFF’s Artist Academy. His short films, along with his mid-length East Hastings Pharmacy (2012), have screened in numerous festivals and art venues including the Berlinale, TIFF, the Viennale, Centre Pompidou, Museum of Moving Images and NY Anthology Film Archive. His first feature Fail to Appear (2017) was presented at the Lincoln Center's Art of the Real, BAFICI, Cinéma du Réel, and was released theatrically in Canada in 2018. His second feature Concrete Valley (2022) was presented at TIFF, the Berlinale and Jeonju IFF. He lives in Vancouver, where he teaches Film Production at the University of British Columbia.