RACHEL [English Subtitles]

On Apr 23, 2025

There’s no place like home. Unless you travel the world for 3 years and dread your return.
Memories last forever but don’t lose yourself in them.

Cast & Crew

Rachel / Rachel Anctil Poirier
Director, Editor / David Latreille
Cinematographer / Nicolas Venne
Score / Cranko Pop
Sound / Maxime Surprenant

Technical Specs

Country / Canada
Language / French
Subtitles / English
Year of release / 2018
Filming Location / Montreal
Runtime / 5:30 min
Image / Color
Aspect Ratio / 16:9

Did You Know?

This is the first short film without Rachel’s distinctive forehead birthmark. It was surgically removed in South Africa. Antartica remains the only continent she did not travel to. Roughly one month after the shooting, Larry Harvey (Burning Man’s festival founder) died of a massive stroke.

Screenings

Abbey Film Festival (England)
Alvsbyn International Film Festival (Sweden)
Asia Micro Film Art Festival (China)
Bucovina International Film Festival (Ukraine)
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities (United States)
Ciné Tapis Rouge (Canada)
Cinevoyage International Film Festival (India)
Ernte Sehen Film Festival (Austria)
Festival des Films de la Monteregie (Canada)
Festival REGARD (Canada)
Flickfair Los Angeles (United States)
Inter Short Film Festival (Ukraine)
Kinomorphia Film Festival (Bulgaria)
Low Cost Film Festival (Spain)
Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival (Japan)
Montgomery International Film Festival (United States)
Moscow Shorts Film Festival (Russia)
North Bay Film Festival (Canada)
Not So Happy Film Festival (Sweden)
Osaka International Film Festival (Japan)
Rendez Vous Québec Cinéma (Canada)
The 1905 Human Rights Film Festival (China)
Unknown Film Festival (Russia)
Valle Film Festival (Mexico)