Diversion
by Mathieu Mégemont

France // 2018 // 22′ // HD // Color // 5.1

Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Subjects: Madness, miscellaneous, countryside

FINANCING
Pre-buy by Canal+ (Canal+ Genre SoFilm Laureate)
With the participation of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée – Aide avant réalisation
With the participation of CINE+ and POLAR+.
With the support of the Grand Est Region and Mulhouse Alsace urban agglomeration, in partnership with the CNC
With the support of SACEM

SYNOPSIS
Joël, a small town journalist, goes to cover a case in the French countryside. When he stops after running over a dog on the road, he finds himself trapped in the stories he usually writes.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
FRANCE
– Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, February 2019 – Cat.1 – FRENCH PREMIERE
– Festival International du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer – February 2019 – Cat.1 – BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
– Audincourt International Fantastic Film Festival – May 2019
– Cellefrouin Dog Film Festival – July 2019
– The Philip K. Dick Film Festival, Lille – Oct. 2019
– Festival des A Côtés de Lyons-la-Forêt, Oct. 2019
– Brest: European Short Film Festival – Nov. 2019 – Cat.1
– Festival Combat – Josselin International Short Film Festival – Nov. 2019
– Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence – Dec. 2019 – Cat.1
– MyFrenchFilmFestival – Jan. 2020
– The Short Film Festival, Mar. 2020

INTERNATIONAL
– Locarno Festival – Fuori Concorso, August 2018, Switzerland (Out of competition) – Cat.1 – WORLD PREMIERE
– Imagine Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – April 2019 – BENELUX PREMIERE
– Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil – May 2019 – SOUTH AMERICA PREMIERE
– La Guarimba International Film Festival (Italy) – August 2019 – RAI CINEMA AWARD for Best Film
– PURPOSE – B-Movie and Trash Film Festival (Breda, Netherlands) – August 2019
– Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) – Sept. 2019
– FILMETS Badalona (Barcelona, Spain) – Oct. 2019
– Telluride Horror Show (USA) – Oct. 2019
– SPASM Festival (Montreal, Canada) – Oct. 2019
– Desmond District Demons Film Festival (USA) – Oct. 2019
– South African HorrorFest (Cape Town) – Oct. 2019
– The Philip K. Dick Film Festival (Cologne, Germany) – Nov. 2019
– Soria International Film Festival (Spain), Nov. 2019
– Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019 (York, UK), Nov. 2019
– Splat!FilmFest – International Fantastic Film Festival (Poland), Nov. 2019
– Bucharest Short Film Festival (Romania), Dec. 2019 – JURY AWARD OF RECOGNITION
– Nox Film Fest – Festival Internacional de Cine de Miedo y Fantasía (Mexico) – Jan. 2020
– SF IndieFest (USA) – Jan. 2020
– Horror-on-Sea Film Festival (Southend-on-Sea, UK) – Jan. 2020
– Landshut Short Film Festival (Munich, Germany), Mar. 2020
-Festival de Cinema de Callella (Callella, Barcelona, Spain) – May. 2020
– Skepto International Film Festival (Italy), Apr. 2020