Overpass (film)

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| name = Overpass

| image = Overpass poster.jpg

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| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Viaduc}}

| director = Patrice Laliberté

| producer = Julie Groleau
Patrice Laliberté{{cite web |url=http://www.couronnenord.ca/viaduc/ |website=Couronne Nord |title=Viaduc de Patrice Laliberté |access-date=2016-01-17}}

| writer = Patrice Laliberté

| starring = Téo Vachon Sincenne
Sandrine Bisson
Stéphane Jacques
Jérémie Gagnon
Guillaume Laurin
Joakim Robillard
Filip Pekacki

| cinematography = Christophe Dalpé

| editing = François Lamarche

| studio = Couronne Nord

| distributor = Travelling, les films qui voyagent

| released = {{Film date|2015|09|13|Toronto International Film Festival|ref1={{cite web|title=Short Cuts Programme 6 |work=Toronto International Film Festival |url=http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/shortcuts/short-cuts-programme-6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182809/http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/shortcuts/short-cuts-programme-6 |archive-date=September 7, 2015 }}}}

| runtime = 19 min.{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/festivals/ctt15/shorts/overpass |title=Canada's Top Ten Film Festival: Overpass |website=TIFF.net |access-date=2016-01-17}}

| country = Canada

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Overpass ({{langx|fr|Viaduc}}) is a 2015 Canadian short film directed by Patrice Laliberté.{{cite web |website=Toronto Film Scene |url=http://thetfs.ca/2015/09/18/tiff-2015-review-overpass/ |title=TIFF 2015 Review: Overpass |author=William Brownridge |date=2015-09-18 |access-date=2016-01-17 }}{{cite news |newspaper=La Revue de Terrebonne |url=http://www.larevue.qc.ca/culturel_viaduc-sur-ecrans-toronto-n33381.php |title=" Viaduc " sur les écrans de Toronto |author=Pénélope Clermont |language=fr |date=2015-09-15 |access-date=2016-01-17 }}{{cite web |url=http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/3d534269-b881-457e-b91a-f3f73043a995 |work=Festival de Cannes (Marché du Film) |title=Short Film Catalog: Viaduc |access-date=2016-01-17}}

Overpass was shot in September 2014.

The film was presented by Telefilm Canada at the Cannes Marché du Film in May 2015.{{cite web |publisher=Telefilm Canada |title=Films - Cannes 2015 - Telefilm Canada |year=2015 |access-date=2016-01-17 |url=http://www.telefilm.ca/05/516/Cannes/2015/en/films/category/273 }}

Overpass had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film.{{cite press release |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/48vk20_Festival_Awards_2015__8877337_1443102949.pdf |quote=The Shorts Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Patrice Laliberté for Overpass. The jury remarked, "For its seductive, elliptical and graceful manner of exploring the nature of grief and the unconventional ways that families react to loss, all of which was elevated by the performance of Téo Vachon Sincennes." The award offers a $10,000 cash prize. |title=Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners |date=2015-09-20 |access-date=2016-01-17 |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival }}

The film was included in the list of Canada's Top Ten short films for 2015, chosen by a panel of five filmmakers and industry professionals.{{cite press release |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/oYnzx3_2015_Canada's_Top_Ten_Film_Festival_8918794_1450885147.pdf |access-date=2016-01-17 |date=2015-12-08 |title=TIFF toasts the True North's cinematic best |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival }} It was also selected for inclusion in "The Shortest Day", a program of free screenings of short films, in several Canadian cities, in conjunction with the winter solstice.{{cite press release |url=http://www.fil-information.gouv.qc.ca/Pages/Article.aspx?aiguillage=diffuseurs&type=1&listeDiff=261&lang=en&idArticle=2312021946 |title=Third edition of The Shortest Day - A treat for Quebec families, kids and movie-lovers of all ages |publisher=SODEC |date=2015-12-02 |access-date=2016-01-17 }}