Miryam Charles:
short films
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has just completed her first feature film Cette Maison (This House), which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) 2022. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.
Her short films have been screened at festivals, institutions and events including : Berlin IFF / Toronto IFF / Edinburgh IFF / FNC Montreal / Rencontres Paris & Berlin / CalArts / Canyon Cinema Discovered / Maysles Documetary Center / L'alternativa, Spain / Vancouver IFF / Alchemy FF, UK / Imagine Science FF - New York / Vienna Independent Short FF / Encounters International Short FF / Dresden Short FF / BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao
Song for the New World
Chanson pour le Nouveau Monde
Canada / 9 minutes / experimental / 2021
Following the disappearance of a man in Scotland, his daughter recalls words chanted before nightfall.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles, Karine Bélanger
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Sound : Miryam Charles
Editing : Miryam Charles
Music : Romain Camiolo
Second Generation
Canada / 5 minutes / fiction / 2019
A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Thuy Hang Duong, Eliza Bonnel
Sound, editing, music : Miryam Charles
Three Atlas
Haïti, Québec / 7 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2018
A maid is suspected of murdering her former employer. Questioned by the police, she will reveal the existence of a supernatural power.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles, Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Magda Pribitzer, Miryam Charles
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
A Fortress
Une forteresse
Haïti, Québec / 6 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2018
After the death of their adoptive daughter a couple goes to Haiti looking for her relatives. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who might have the power of resurrection.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles / Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Eve Duranceau, Annie Darisse, Florence Blain M'Baye, Matthew Rankin, Maxime DeCotret et Mariola Camillien
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
Towards the Colonies
Vers les colonies
Canada, Haïti / 5 minutes / experimental, fiction / 2016
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Miryam Charles / Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Sound, editing, music: Miryam Charles
Fly, Fly Sadness
Vole, vole tristesse
Canada, Haïti / 6 minutes / experimental / 2015
Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Cheminée Deux
Cinematography : Miryam Charles
Cast / interpretation : Josue Mésadieu, Wenda Mesadieu, Hélène Mesadieu, Myrta Mesadieu, Edigh Charles,Milca Charles, Miryam Charles
Editing, music : Miryam Charles
Sound : Miryam Charles, Luc Boudrias