| Mothers and Monsters | |
| Director: | Édith Jorisch |
| Producer: | Patrick Francke-Sirois Isabelle Grignon-Francke Édith Jorisch |
| Starring: | Juliette Gariépy Mylène Mackay |
| Cinematography: | Olivier Gossot |
| Editing: | Louis Chevalier-Dagenais |
| Studio: | Club Video |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
Mothers and Monsters is a 2023 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Édith Jorisch.[1] An allegory for women's anxieties and fears about motherhood, the film depicts a group of women at a banquet whose babies are delivered to them in heads of cabbage, amid an increasingly strange and surreal environment.[2]
The cast includes Dean Brisson, Ines Defosse, Arielle Fournier, Juliette Gariépy, Noémie Lanoix, Mylène Mackay, Sarah Ouimette and Aline Winant.
The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it won the audience award in the national short film competition.[4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.[5] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024,[6] and received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.[7]