The Rip-OfF
At a small camera shop things aren’t quite what they seem. There is what you see and what you should have seen. The Rip-Off is the same story told twice from two different point of views. With the help of world-renowned entertainer Apollo Robbins, award-winning director Kun Chang, turns all expectations upside down in his fictional debut.
Short 10 min, 35mm
Title The Rip-Off
Genre Fiction / Comedy
Country duration Canada, 10 min. 10 sec., color
Language English
Production format 35 mm Image Ratio: 1:1.85
Broadcast format DVD NTSC, Beta SP NTSC, 35 mm Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Director Kun Chang
Screenwriter Richard Lemire
Producer Antonello Cozzolino & Annie Normandin
Cinematographer Steve Asselin
Editor Jean-François Bergeron
Art Director Mario Hervieux
Costume Designer Valérie Gagnon
Original music Baikonour
Sound François Guérin, Louis Gignac and Olivier Calvert
Cast
Richard Lemire (Salesman),
Daniel Tirado (Man),
Michel Perron (Manager),
Elyzabeth Walling (Woman),
Jennifer Séguin (Mother)
Louis-Philippe Dury (Kid)
Awards
• PCC!/Global Magnetic Award: Montreal, Canada.
• Be Underground, (NYC, 2007, USA) 3rd Prize, Narrative
• ResFest 2006, (Montreal, Canada): Audience Choice Award
• Selected:Best of Rhode Island Film Festival, 2006, Providence, RI, USA
• Nominated for a Hulu award (Hulu.com) - Best dramatic short.
Festivals
• Fantasia, Montreal, Canada, August 2006
• Rhode Island Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, August 2006
• Palm Springs Short Film Festival, USA, 2006
• Raindance Film Festival, London, England, 2006
• Abiti-Temiscamingue, Canada, Oct 2006
• Festival Images en Vues, Iles de Madeleine, Canada, 2006
• ResFest, Quebec Gold, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2006
• SPASM, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2006
• Sienna Short Film Festival (cortoitaliacinema), Italy, Nov 2006
• Clermont-Ferrand, Market - Sodec Quebec Selection, France, Jan 2007
• Regard sur le court Metrage, Chicoutimi, Canada, Feb 2007
• Rendez-vous de Cinema Quebecois, Montreal, Canada. Feb 2006
• Havana Film Festival, Cuba, Feb 2007
• Festivalissimo, Montreal, Canada, Mar 2007
• The Method Fest Film Festival, Calabasas, USA, Mar 2007
• Mouviz, Nantes, Mar 2007
• Festival des 3 Amériques, Quebec, Mar 2007
• Filmfest Dresden, Germany, April 2007
• Festival du Court-Métrage de Bruxelles, Belgium, May 2007
• Be Underground,NYC, USA, May 2007
• Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Canada, May 2007
• Cannes, Short Film Corner, Cannes, France, May 2007
• Winnipeg International Film Festival, Jun 1-9, Canada, 2007
• Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain, Jun 2007
• Short Shorts, Tokyo, Japan, Jun-Jul, 2007
• Best of Regard sur le Court Metrage, Saguenay, Canada, Jul 2007
• Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, Jul 10-14, 2007
• Stony Brook Film Festival, Long Island New York, USA, Jul 19-28
• Fire Island Golden Wagon Film Festival, Fire Island, USA, Aug 17-19, 2007
• Short Film Festival L’avis de Chateau, Morvan, France Jul 19-22
• L.A. Shorts, Los Angeles, USA, Sept 5-17,
• London Film Festival, London, England. Oct. 17 - Nov.1
• Cornwall Film Festival, Falmouth, England, Nov 8-11
• Festival du film court de Victo, Victoriaville, Quebec, 6 Nov (Sp. Screening),
• 23rd International Short Film Festival Interfilm, Berlin, Germany Nov 6-11
• Prague Shorts, Prague, Poland, Nov 14-18
• Cinema de Québec à Paris, Paris, France, Nov 22-28
• IgorFest, Montreal, Canada, Nov 23, 2007
• Flickerfest, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 4-13 Jan, 2008
• Festival Internacional de Cine En Guadalajara, Mexico, Mar 2008
• Sicily (Best of Interfilm), Italy, May 2008
• Taipei International Film Festival (best of Interfilm), Taiwan, June 2008
Public Screenings (Paying Audience)
• Prends ça Court, Ex-centris, Aug 2006
• Regards sur Prends ça Court, Sherbrooke 2006, 2, 16
• Cinema Beaubien, Montreal, Nov 2006
• Brattle Theatre, Boston, in front of Un Dimanche à Kigali, Mar 20th, 2007
• Semaine de la francophonie de Havane, Mar 2007
• Prends ça Court, (Award Winners) Ex-centris, Jun 2007
• Paraloeil - Rimouski, Cananda, Dec 2007
• Cinema du Parc - Montreal, Canada, Dec 2007 and Jan 2008 (in front of “Juno”)
TV – Broadcasts
• CBC
• CANAL +
• France 3
• Japan
• The Short Film Channel
• Télé-Québec
Other Broadcasts:
• Hulu.com
• Air Canada - inflight program, Summer 2008
Critical Reviews
• Voir, Aug 24, 2006 Courez-y
• Quotidien Qui fait Quoi: Sept. 26, 2006
• Quotidien Qui fait Quoi , Nov 28, 2006
• Voir, Jan 26, 2007 Voir au Festival International de Court métrage Clermont Ferrand.
• Havana Daily, Feb 26, 2007
• La Presse - Mar, 2007
• Qui fait Quoi, (Cannes 07) May 2007
