Supine
Sylvie is a taxidermist content with being isolated from people in her large house in the mountains of France- her only company is her work. That is until Oz, an American hitchhiker stumbles upon her path. The two become close and Sylvie begins to question what it means to live.
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Nicole GoodeDirector
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Nicole GoodeWriter
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Steve ReverandProducer
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Martin RaimanProducer
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Eva LarvoireKey Cast
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Nathan DaviesKey Cast
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Guillaume Cochard-LemoineOriginal Music
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Drama
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Runtime:25 minutes
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Completion Date:January 31, 2018
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Production Budget:15,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Czech Republic
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Country of Filming:Czech Republic
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Alexa 2K ProRes
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Bucheon International Fantastic Film FestivalBucheon
Korea, Republic of
July 15, 2018
World Premiere
Fantastic Shorts -
Women In Horror Film FestivalAtlanta, GA
United States
October 5, 2018
North American Premiere
International Shorts Selection -
Fractured VisionsCardiff, Wales
United Kingdom
September 29, 2018
European Premiere
Short Film Competition -
Aesthetica Short Film FestivalYork
United Kingdom
November 7, 2018
Official Selection -
Independent Horror Movie Awards
Best Short Winner, Best Director Winner, Best Cinematography Winner -
Genre Celebration FestivalTokyo
Japan
Best Horror Short Winner -
Anatomy Crime & Horror International Film FestivalAthens
Greece
November 3, 2018
Official Selection -
Terror in the Bay Horror Film FestivalThunder Bay
Canada
October 19, 2018
Canadian Premiere
Best Featurette Award Winner -
Manitic - Manises International Fantastic Film FestivalValència
Spain
November 22, 2018
Official Selection / Best Actress -
Rendezvous ScareFestAmelia Island
United States
November 2, 2018
Official Selection -
Blood in the Snow Canadian Film FestivalToronto
Canada
November 24, 2018
Toronto Premiere
Official Selection -
Medusa Underground Film FestLas Vegas, NV
United States
January 13, 2019
Official Selection -
Splat!FilmFestLublin
Poland
November 27, 2018
Official Selection -
CRASH – 10º Mostra Internacional de Cinema FantásticoGoiânia, Goiás
Brazil
Official Selection -
South West London International Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
November 24, 2018 -
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Horror Film FestivalBuenos Aires
Argentina
December 3, 2018
South American Premiere
Official Selection -
That Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
February 9, 2019
Berlin Finalist -
Final Girls Berlin Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
January 31, 2019 -
Landshut Short Film FestivalLandshut
Germany
March 22, 2019
International Competition -
Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival
United States
April 4, 2019
Best Cinematography Winner -
Madeira Fantastic Film FestMadeira
Portugal
March 12, 2019 -
Aurora Festival International de Cine de HorrorGuanajuato
Mexico
February 25, 2019 -
Beeston Film FestivalBeeston
United Kingdom
March 13, 2019
Best Horror Nominee
Nicole Goode is a filmmaker and artist from Toronto, Canada. She completed her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University focusing her thesis on experimental animation, which was exhibited in Europe and Canada. Since graduating, she has transitioned into the film making world by writing and directing short films and music videos. She has also worked as the Director of Photography and colourist on a feature film shot in Iceland. Nicole is currently developing her first feature film.
At one point in my life I decided to create a stop motion short film with grotesque puppet creatures inspired by the works of the Brother’s Grimm. I designed them, my friend built them. The collaboration ended when I had to lock myself in a dark room to actually animate the film. Spending 12 plus hours a day with these monstrosities as my only company ended up giving me some strange form of cabin fever. Whenever I had something to say, I would say it to them. It started small, but eventually I was speaking to them as if they were people. It both filled the silence and gave me some sense of company as I slaved over the film. It all seemed very natural until I stepped back and started to interact with real human beings again. I realized I may have gone a little too far with that project...
I think that’s where the idea of Supine began. People naturally anthropomorphize objects and animals all the time, It’s a way of explaining the behaviors of things that either do not feel as we do, or do not feel at all. Anthropomorphism exists in this sense, but it is also a natural way to cope with loneliness.
The character of Sylvie was created from that idea. I wanted to explore not just how a character copes with loneliness, but how they interact with people after being isolated for a long time. Sylvie is a taxidermist living in the mountains of France with her only company being her work. Taxidermy to Sylvie isn’t hunting and mounting heads on the wall as decoration, for her it’s a way of healing an animal that is beyond repair. She finds animals who have been killed on the road and fixes them up, in a way she’s giving them a second chance.
Using found animals for taxidermy has recently become a popular art form known as “rogue taxidermy”. The art of rogue taxidermy is one that is mostly comprised of women. It is driven by the principle of using ethical sources, meaning the animals are not killed to be made into art, but are found already dead. Sometimes they are even combined with other materials such as metal, wood, sculptures, or even other animals to fill in their - for lack of a more eloquent description - missing parts... The work is both poetic and disturbing, which are two notes I wanted to hit with Supine.
To some degree Supine is a fairytale. It began for me with grotesque puppets in a small dark room that were inspired by the works of the Brothers Grimm and evolved into a story of a woman who copes with her loneliness through healing - however unorthodox her methods may be. I wanted to keep that feeling you get from reading a Grimm’s fairy tale as a child, that sense that the happy story you knew might actually not end in happily ever after.
Nicole Goode