Someone's Trying to Get In

{{short description|2024 Canadian short film directed by Colin Nixon}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Someone's Trying to Get In

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Colin Nixon

| producer = Rosalie Chicoine Perreault

| writer = Colin Nixon

| starring = Ralph Prosper

| music = Ilyaa Ghafouri

| cinematography = Simran Dewan

| editing = Philippe Lefebvre

| studio = Bravo Charlie

| distributor = H264 Distribution

| released = {{film date|2024|2|10|SBIFF}}

| runtime = 24 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English
French
Haitian Creole

}}

Someone's Trying to Get In is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Colin Nixon and released in 2024.Claire Valade, "Someone’s Trying to Get In". Séquences, No. 339 (Summer 2024), p. 53. The film stars Ralph Prosper as Bertrand, an asylum seeker from Haiti who is desperate to escape from the Canadian refugee camp where he has been interred pending his immigration hearing, after rumours of mass deportations begin to sweep the camp.

The cast also includes Nisha Coleman, Tyler Epassy, Vanina Epassy and Alastor Vael.

The film premiered in February 2024 at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere in March at the Regard short film festival.[https://ctvm.info/apres-regard-quatre-courts-metrages-distribues-par-h264-au-festival-regard/ "Quatre courts métrages distribués par h264 au Festival REGARD"]. CTVM, March 1, 2024.

Awards

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Torino Film Festival

| 2024

| Short Film Competition

| rowspan=2| Colin Nixon

| {{honored}}

| Camillo De Marco, [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/470931/ "Holy Rosita triumphs at the Torino Film Festival"]. Cineuropa, February 12, 2024.

Knowlton Film Festival

| 2024

| Best Regional Film

| {{won}}

| [https://ctvm.info/le-festival-du-film-de-knowlton-couronne-ses-laureats-et-enregistre-une-affluence-a-la-hausse/ "Le Festival du film de Knowlton couronne ses lauréats et enregistre une affluence à la hausse"]. CTVM, August 21, 2024.

Canadian Screen Awards

| 2025

| Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama

| Ralph Prosper

| {{nom}}

| [https://academie.ca/medias/files/PEC%202025/2025%20Canadian%20Screen%20Awards%20-%20Film%20Nominations%20-%20v.March%2026%202025.pdf Canadian Screen Awards: Film Nominations]. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, March 26, 2025.

References

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