Mahalia Melts in the Rain

Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Film poster
Directed byÉmilie Mannering
Carmine Pierre-Dufour
Written byCarmine Pierre-Dufour
Produced bySarah Mannering
Fanny Drew
StarringKaiyonni Banton-Renner
Sagine Sémajuste
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byMyriam Magassouba
Music byStrange Froots
Production
company
Colonelle Films
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) (VIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Mahalia Melts in the Rain is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Émilie Mannering and Carmine Pierre-Dufour and released in 2018.

The film stars Kaiyonni Banton-Renner as Mahalia, a Black Canadian girl who feels self-conscious about her kinky hair setting her apart from her ballet school classmates, leading her mother Anika (Sagine Sémajuste) to take her to a hair salon to get it straightened.[1]

The film premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2] At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, it was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama.[3] It won the 2020 edition of CBC Television's annual Short Film Face-Off competition.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Festival Filministes: quand la relève prépare la relève". Le Devoir, March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Scoular, Michael (4 October 2018). "Six essential Canadian shorts at VIFF". Straight. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise". Voir, February 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Montreal-produced film wins season 13 of Short Film Face Off". CBC News, September 29, 2020.


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