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Saturday Night

Rosana Matecki
2021 | 15 min
Spanish with English subtitles

Awards and Festivals

  • Official SelectionTIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (2021)

  • Official SelectionAspen Shortsfest, Colorado, U.S.A. (2022)


ONE-LINER & TWO-LINER


INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ROSANA MATECKI

Promotional Materials

Trailer


Excerpt: The day Leonard Cohen died


Excerpt: Expatriados


Images

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Team


Rosana Matecki
Writer, Director


Photo
Photo : Fernando Bracho-Bracho




Kat Baulu
Producer


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Ariel Nasr
Producer


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Photo : Kiana Hayeri




Annette Clarke
Executive Producer


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Photo : Dave Howells



Credits

A Film by
Rosana Matecki 

Featuring
Magaly Zuleta and Juan C. Raggo

Written and Directed by
Rosana Matecki

Narration by
Rosana Matecki

Director of Photography
Glauco Bermudez

Editor
Lucas Villegas

Sound Design
Sacha Ratcliffe

Story Consultant
Ricardo Acosta Fernandez

Production Manager
Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin

Foley Artist
Karla Baumgardner

Original Music by
Denis Plante

Musicians
Alain Baril Clarinet
Charles Papasoff Sideline
Denis Plante Bandoneon

Recording Facility
Guy Bergeron, Québec

Additional Music
“EXPATRIADOS”
Music and lyrics by Denis Plante
“AMERICA”
Music and lyrics by Denis Plante

Sound Recordist
Mélanie Gauthier

First Assistant Director
Karina Garcia Casanova

First Assistant Camera
Steven Turcotte

Playback Operator
Paul Montpetit

Data Wrangler
Patrick Biron

Dance Consultant
Daniel Côté

On-Line
Yannick Carrier

Graphic Design & Titles
Jacques Bertrand Simard

Digital Editing Technicians
Pierre Dupont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahan

Sound Technician
Bernard Belley

Foley & Narration recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Re-Recording
Jean Paul Vialard

Technical Coordinators
Daniel Lord
Christopher MacIntosh

Marketing Manager
Judith Lessard-Bérubé

Marketing Coordinator
Emilie Ryan

Thanks to
Salon de Tango Tangueria
Mannon Binette
Jacques Vachet
Fruiterie ValMont
Eric Talbot Chalifoux
Marylou Lafortune
Shane Macdonnell
Danae Elon
Michelle van Beusekom

Participants – Amateur Dancers
Cécile Arbaud
Rock Bergeron
Nicole Bossard
Diane Bouchard
Lina Boutin
Marilyn Bronstein
André Carrière
Catherine Cellier
Annie Chenard
Manon Chouinard
Arlene Cote
Gerard Cotnoir
Leonor Daigneault
Edmundo Darcourt
Suzanne Desbiens
Rosanne Deslandes
Michel Dufour
Marie-Josée Dupuis
Yves Erard
Rodolphe Fortier
Beatriz Gomez
Roger Gosselin
Sylvie Gravel
Sorin Kransdorf
Carole Kucharski
Madeleine Leduc
Richard Lepage
Danielle Marceau
Vincent Marchione
Sylvie Martel
Paul Montpetit
Ann Moses
Julien McDuff
John Newhouse
Dennis O’Sullivan
Louise Poissant
Daniel Rochette
Philip Shinnich
Rachid Badri Talih
Fanny Thiffault
Nicolas Van Schendel
Anne Vedduet
Maureen Zappa

Legal Counsel
Christian Pitchen

Production Coordinator
Christine Williams

Senior Production Coordinator
Cheryl Murgatroyd

Production Supervisor
Roz Power

Studio Administrator
Leslie Anne Poyntz

Producers
Kat Baulu
Ariel Nasr

Executive Producer
Annette Clarke

Part of the REIMAGINING MY QUÉBEC shorts series
SATURDAY NIGHT


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