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Run & Drive

“Run & Drive” follows Julio, a Guatemalan driver, as he hauls two wrecked cars, one hitched to the other, from San Diego to Quetzaltenango. Like thousands of others, he buys vehicles declared “total loss” by American insurers to repair and resell them back home, part of a cascading economy of recycling. With only a few spoken lines, the film relies on a meditative soundtrack that amplifies the solitude and contemplative rhythm of this long road trip across borders.

  • Hubert Hayaud
    Director
  • Hubert Hayaud
    Editing
    The Man I Left Behind, St Narcisse, Happy Face, Romeo eleven
  • Julio Pisquy Nimatuj
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 CAD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, Guatemala, Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Hubert Hayaud
  • Cinematic Motor Fest
    Modena
    Italy
    June 6, 2025
  • Slow Film Festival
    Londres
    United Kingdom
    September 20, 2025
  • Run and Drive Exhibtion
    Montréal
    Canada
    August 10, 2025
  • Bucharest Photo Fest
    Bucharest
    Romania
    October 10, 2025
Distribution Information
  • Hubert Hayaud
    Country: Canada
Director Biography - Hubert Hayaud

Hubert Hayaud is an editor and photographer based in Montréal. Trained in cinema in Paris, he works across fiction, impactful documentary, and creative commercial projects, where each practice cross-pollinates the others. His editing work has been presented at festivals including Venice, TIFF, Karlovy Vary, Hot Docs, and Visions du Réel. As a photographer, his work has been published in Le Monde, The Guardian, Libération, Géo, Le Devoir, LFI, and The New York Times. Recent projects include co-editing The Man I Left Behind (2024) with Magnum photographer Larry Towell, and developing Run & Drive, a long-term personal documentary project.

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Director Statement

Hubert Hayaud explores the concepts of borders, territory, and migration through his documentaries (Refugee Economics, El Pais, and The Guardian - The Great Move). These works particularly document the movements of populations forced to leave their homes due to conflict or natural disasters. By retelling the stories of these displaceds photographic work captures the socio-economic conditions in which these vulnerable groups live individuals, hi and the power dynamics at play in the affected territories (Canada, Brazil, Kenya). Alongside his portrait work for the press, he has been pursuing a comprehensive project across the North American continent for nearly ten years, following transmigrant drivers. He complements his photography practice by editing feature-length documentaries and fiction films. Passionate about how images convey stories, he co-created a film with Matthieu Rytz (producer) and Larry Towell (photographer) based on the latter's archival work: The Man I Left Behind.