Woodpecker

Section: International Competition I.
Director: Kevin T. Landry
Runtime: 20 minutes
Genre: International Competition
Country: Canada

More than a decade after she abandoned him, Émile accepts his mother Fanny’s invitation to come work with her on an isolated logging camp. While he foolishly expected a joyful reunion, the boy is pitted against an hostile environnement and a woman with a distinct lack of maternal instinct.