STORMY WEATHER

Stormy Weather

A film by Gabrielle Gingras

Fiction

2023

12 min

French with English subtitles

With Nora-Lee Roy, Adèle Moreau, Tyana Savard, Romain Gélinas, Mathieu Bourque, Mélanie Nadeau

LOGLINE

While her family enjoys the summer at the cottage, young Gabrielle, too fearful to go outside, finds herself unwillingly exposed to the elements and will have to find the courage to face her fears.

SYNOPSIS

Gabrielle, an imaginative but timid child, spends the summer at the cottage with her family. While her brother and sisters enjoy the last swims of the summer, the youngest stays indoors with her dog and her many toys, too afraid of the sun and thunderstorms. Despite herself, Gabrielle will find herself exposed to the elements. Under the watchful and loving eyes of her family, the young girl will gradually find the courage to face her fears.

Technical information

Duration: 12 minutes

Language: French with English subtitles

Filming: 2K - Color

Ratio 1:85 | Sound 5.1

DCP - ProRes - H264

Filming location: Canada (Quebec)

Country of action: Canada (Quebec)

Festivals and awards

43rd Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival - Rouyn-Noranda, Canada / October 2023 - Horne Foundry Youth Award

41st Rimouski International Film Festival - Rimouski, Canada / March 2024 - Best Youth Short Film Award

41st BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival - Malmö, Sweden / March 2024

28th REGARD International Short Film Festival in Saguenay - Chicoutimi, Canada / March 2024

9th ONE NIGHT SHORTS Montreal International Short Film and Series Festival - Montreal, Canada / April 2024

8th JEUNESSE TOUT COURTS International Short Film Festival on Youth - Rémalard en Perche, France / May 2024

20th KIDSFILMFEST Annual Brooklyn Film Festival - New York, USA / June 2024

41st MÜNCHEN Film Festival - Munich, Germany / July 2024

5th ÉMERGENCE Festival of Montreal - Montreal, Canada / August 2024

2nd IRISH FILM INSTITUTE Family Festival - Dublin, Ireland / August 2024

21st SAN DIEGO International Kids' Film Festival - San Diego, USA / August 2024

4th LE CHOUETTE Festival - Rieux Minervois, France / September 2024

26th ABYCINE Albacete International Film Festival - Albacete, Spain / October 2024

38th FICFA International Francophone Film Festival in Acadia - Moncton, Canada / November 2024

18th KIDS First! Film Festival - Santa Fe, USA / December 2024

9th INDIE JUNIOR - Porto, Portugal / February 2025

3rd KINO ATHENS, Independent Film Festival of Athens - Athens, Greece / March 2025

9th Aisne Youth Film Festival - Laon, France / March 2025 - Elementary School Prize

25th REEL 2 REAL International Film Festival for Youth - Vancouver, Canada / April 2025

4th FFAVM Val-Morin Art Film Festival - Val-Morin, Canada / May 2025

43rd Rhode Island International Film Festival - Rhode Island, USA / August 2025

10th Pleins Écrans - Montreal, Canada / January 2026

7th Dunedin - Florida, USA / January 2026

14th Vues dans la tête Festival - Rivière-du-Loup, Canada / February 2026

17th Providence Children's Film Festival (PCFF) - Providence, RI, USA / February 2026

Director

Gabrielle Gingras

Biography

Gabrielle Gingras is a filmmaker originally from Ville-Marie in the Témiscamingue region. She moved to Montreal for the Film Production program at Concordia University, where she worked on projects that were selected for several festivals. Building on this experience, Gabrielle graduated and entered the professional film industry as an assistant director, successfully landing contract after contract—film sets quickly becoming a second home. Simultaneously, she embarked on her own project, a short fiction film shot entirely in her native Témiscamingue. In it, she explores themes that have long been close to her heart: meteorology, childhood fears, and family. The short film, titled Le temps des orages (Stormy Weather), is currently in distribution. Her next short film, titled Miss Météo, is in development.

Producer

Gabrielle Gingras

Biography

Gabrielle Gingras is a filmmaker originally from Ville-Marie, in Témiscamingue. She moved to Montreal for the Film Production program at Concordia University, where she directed projects that were selected at several festivals. After graduating, she entered the industry as an assistant director, landing one contract after another – film sets quickly became a second home. At the same time, she set out to direct her own project, a short fiction film shot entirely in her native Témiscamingue. In it, she explores themes that have long been close to her heart: weather, childhood fears and family. The short film, Le temps des orages (Stormy Weather), is currently in distribution. Her next short film, Miss Météo, is in development.