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RE/ROUTE

Gabrielle Côté
2026 | 9 min 18 s
Animated Collage Documentary
Without words

You, me and the vast, fast city. 

Blending documentary footage with striking visual collage, RE/ROUTE imagines two competing visions of urban life. One is ruled by cars, productivity, unchecked capitalism and individualism; the other prioritizes connection, leisure and inclusion. As familiar cityscapes morph into surreal tableaux, the film invites us to reconsider how urban design shapes our communities, our relationships, our futures. 

Produced as part of REDEFINED, a TIFF and NFB initiative supporting emerging Canadian and Indigenous filmmakers aged 30 and under. 


Logline

Through surreal transformations of real-world imagery, two visions of urban life question how the cities we build shape our lives and the future we are creating.



Excerpts

Excerpt 1: A Human-Scale City


Excerpt 2: The Concrete City


Excerpt 3: A City For All



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Team


Gabrielle Côté
Filmmaker - RE/ROUTE

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Christine Aubé
Producer

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John Christou
Executive Producer, Director of Production & Operations, Programming | Creation

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A National Film Board of Canada production in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival

Credits

RE/ROUTE

Directed and Written by
Gabrielle Côté

Producer
Christine Aubé

Executive Producer
John Christou

Director of Photography
Raphaël B. Lévesque

Editor
Julie Bor

Compositing 
Ann-Laury Côté 
Alexis Veilleux 

Assisted by
Antonin Massala
Gabrielle Côté

Sound Design
Charles Warren

Original Music
Mathieu Drolet

Line Producer
Stéphanie Quevillon 

Production Administrator
Justine Chevarie-Cossette 

Senior Production Coordinator
Audrey Rétho 

Production Manager
Eugénie St-Jean 

Technical Director
Frank Nadeau 

Digital Supervisor
Andreas Wieland 

Technologist
Sébastien Dion  

Production Coordinator
Tracy Seng 

Researcher
Nicholas Le Bel

Sound Recordist
Charles Warren 

First Camera Assistant
Zoé Rondeau 

Drone operator
N3XST3P Consulting Inc. – Edward Melnike 

Set Photography 
Mathys Caouette Langevin

Colourist & Online Editor
Luca Di Gioacchino 

Technical Project Coordinator
Daniel Lord 

Technical Support – Editing 
Pierre Dupont
Patrick Trahan
Marcus Matyas 

Re-Recording Mixer 
Cory Rizos 

Foley 
Lise Wedlock 

Foley Recording
André St-Denis  

Musicians 
Ahmed Soroko
Ember-Leah Reed
Marilou Lepage
Félix Rivest
Mathieu Drolet
Juliette Leclerc 

Credits 
Cynthia Ouellet  

Versioning & Accessibility Coordinator
Sylvie Azoulay 

Public Artwork Rights Clearance
Emma Brunet – LaNégo

Public Artworks
Les allumettières, Danaé Brissonnet
Zebu playing drums, SBuONe
Summer Camp 67, whatisadam
Les cueilleurs de lueurs, DEMERS-MESNARD
TILT, concepteurs lumière

Special Thanks
Thank you to everyone who poured their hearts into this project.
Thank you, Andrea Trudel, for your balcony. 
Thank you, Jérémy Le Bel, for your Ski-Doo. 
Thank you to the film crew for your work in extreme winter conditions.
Thank you to the post-production team for your commitment and passion.
Thank you to my {RE}DEFINED colleagues.
Thank you to my family.
& thanks to Daisy’s zoomies. 

Programming Manager
Brigid Tierney 

Senior Marketing Advisor 
Laurianne Désormiers  

Marketing Project Manager
Geneviève Bérard 

Marketing Coordinator
Michelle Rozon 

Director, Communications and Public Relations 
Magalie Boutin 

Senior Advisor, Communications Strategist
Justine Baillargeon 

Publicists
Jennifer Mair
Sophie St-Pierre 

Legal Advisor
Julie Patry  

Toronto International Film Festival
An initiative of TIFF Next Wave

Chief Programming Officer
Anita Lee  

Vice President, Public Programming
Keith Bennie  

Manager, Next Wave
Ikoro Sekai  

Selection Committee 
Ollie Coombs
Emma Cheuk
Nara Wrigglesworth
Winnie Wang 


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