Clearing Skies

{{short description|2002 Canadian short film directed by Rosa Zacharie}} {{Infobox film | name = Clearing Skies | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Une éclaircie sur le fleuve}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Rosa Zacharie | producer = Barbara Shrier | writer = Rosa Zacharie | starring = [[Jean Lapointe]]<br>[[Isabel Richer]] | music = Christian Bouchard | cinematography = [[Steve Asselin]] | editing = [[Francis Leclerc]] | studio = Les Productions Dixie<br>Palomar | distributor = Alliance Vivafilm | released = {{film date|2002|10||[[Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival|FCIAT]]}} | runtime = 27 minutes | country = Canada }}

'''''Clearing Skies''''' ({{langx|fr|Une éclaircie sur le fleuve}}, lit. "A Clearing on the River") is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Rosa Zacharie and released in 2002.<ref name=ledevoir>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/non-classe/12106/21e-festival-de-cinema-international-en-abitibi-temiscamingue-une-longue-tradition-cinephilique "21e Festival de cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Une longue tradition cinéphilique"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', October 28, 2002.</ref> The film stars [[Jean Lapointe]] and [[Isabel Richer]] as a father and daughter who are struggling to heal their tense and fraught relationship.

The film premiered at the [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival]] in October 2002.<ref name=ledevoir/>

It was a [[Genie Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] at the [[23rd Genie Awards]] in 2003.<ref>Tamsen Tillson, [https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/genies-grant-ararat-wish-1117877231/ "Genies grant ‘Ararat’ wish"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', December 10, 2002.</ref> It was later screened at the 2003 [[CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival]], where it won the award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short Film.<ref>Eugene Hernandez, [https://www.indiewire.com/2003/06/head-above-the-rest-at-short-film-fest-79670/ "“Head” Above the Rest at Short Film Fest"]. ''[[IndieWire]]'', June 10, 2003.</ref>

It was subsequently distributed as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the theatrical feature film ''[[Looking for Alexander]] (Mémoires affectives)''.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/memoires-affectives-francis-leclerc/ "Mémoires affectives – Film de Francis Leclerc"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 3, 2009.</ref>

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[[Category:2002 films]] [[Category:2002 short films]] [[Category:Canadian drama short films]] [[Category:2002 Canadian films]] [[Category:French-language Canadian films]]