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The City without Windows

Julien FONFREDE / Karim HUSSAIN

Canada20021241secmin 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

One day, all the windows in the city disappeared… Then the rain started… No matter what people tried, nothing could stop the water. Soon, disease spread, robbing people’s abilities to speak: This was a time when dialogue became a new challenge. This was also a time, in the midst of a chaotic, decaying environment, when a man tried to cope with the loss of his former lover.

Diretor

Julien FONFREDE

Julien Fonfrde was born in Paris in 1970, and has lived in Montreal since 1992. He has worked on numerous short and full-length films as an assistant director as well as on various documentaries as a production manager. He recently founded his own production company, 'La Machine Ecran,' through which he co-produced and co-directed the short film.

Karim HUSSAIN

Since his youth Karim Hussain has been shooting short films in Super-8mm. His first feature film, Subconscious Cruelty (2000), has established him as a cult director. He has worked on various films as a cinematographer including . Currently finishing his second feature, Ascension, which he has written, directed and filmed.