Quadruple diamond

Somewhere there's a quadruple diamond ski trail. This really must be for experts, unless it's something truly different.

  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Director
    Sinusoid (2012), Shadowrun: Crossing Shadows (2008)
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Producer
    Certified Organic (2012)
  • Simon Beaupré
    Visual Effects
    Nitro Rush (2016), The Shallows (2016), Devil's Gate (2016)
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Visual Effects
    Fubar 2 (2010), Goon (2011), Assassin's Creed 3 (2012), Watch_Dogs (2014)
  • Iphigenie Frey
    Key Cast
    Sinusoid (2012), Univers Fascia (2013)
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Quadruple diamant
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    sci-fi, action, absurd, strange, comedy, space
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fantasia International Film Festival
    Montreal, Canada
    Canada
    July 26, 2013
    North American Premiere
    Official selection
  • Spasm Film Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    October 19, 2013
    Official selection
  • ComicCon Montreal 2015
    Montreal
    Canada
    July 4, 2015
    Official selection
  • SciFi Film Festival 2015
    Sydney
    Australia
    October 30, 2015
    Official selection
  • Esoteric Festival
    Donald
    Australia
    March 8, 2019
Director Biography - Olivier Bonenfant

Creative, spontaneous and energetic short films is what is driving Olivier Bonenfant since the beginning of this 12 year adventure in Directing for TV, VFX for feature films and the gaming industry and Motion Graphics for TV and advertising companies. Originally from Quebec, Olivier had the chance to shoot short films in Canada, the USA, France, Belgium, Russia, Sweden and Madagascar as part of the Kino Movement and is now momentary taking care of the Kino group in Melbourne, Australia.

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Director Statement

Shooting.

With the concept in mind, we shot in one afternoon at a ski resort in the USA. Equipment was limited and, conceptually, I wanted the film to start in a very unimpressive way, to not make the film look immediately like a sports video. After we found a green screen studio we could borrow for 4 hours we suspended the actress with climbing gear put backward and made her turn around to simulate camera movement. The film was finished in 7 evenings just in time for a screening at Kino Montreal in 2013. The film was screened at a couple of sold out events with temporary music and it unfortunately took 2 more years to have a final soundtrack and a finished film I can publish.

Concept.

Everyone wants to be free. Everyone would like to fly. I wanted to show someone pursuing danger for liberty. While a lot of sport movies achieve that just by showing the best athletes in the world excel in the most dangerous conditions, I wanted to expose a seemingly normal person to that danger. Danger that, with some signs and clues, would even seem surreal until it really gets into sci-fi territory. What happens though is that the danger is removed once the character jumps in the emptiness and what remains is someone flying and enjoying that liberty without fear in the most unpretentious way. If you could jump from space without danger, you probably would.