This article is about the film by Marc-Antoine Lemire. For the practice of getting drunk before going out socializing, see
Pregaming .
2017 Canadian film
Pre-Drink Directed by Marc-Antoine Lemire Produced by Maria Gracia Turgeon Marc-Antoine Lemire Starring Alex Trahan Pascale Drevillon Cinematography Léna Mill-Reuillard Edited by Anouk Deschênes Production companies
Les films de la Méduse Midi la Nuit
Release date
September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17 ) (TIFF )
Running time
23 minutes Country Canada Language French
Pre-Drink is a Canadian dramatic short film by Marc-Antoine Lemire , which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival .[ 1]
The film stars Alex Trahan as Carl and Pascale Drevillon as Alexe, a gay man and a transgender woman whose longtime friendship is complicated when they drunkenly decide to have sex.[ 2]
In December, TIFF named the film to its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian short films.[ 3] The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards ,[ 4] and won the Prix Iris for Best Short Film at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards .[ 5]
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