Brain Freeze

Julien Knafo

Canada | V.O. French | 2021 | 92 min | DCP | color | Fiction

As winter approaches, an exclusive Golf Club hires a multinational biotech whose “revolutionary” fertilizer melts the snow, contaminating the water and the residents of Peacock Island, transformed into mutants.
André (15) watches as the infection spreads, leaving him orphaned and in charge of his baby sister Annie. He meets Dan, a wannabe survivalist who has taken refuge in a high-end grocery store with his daughter, not so lucky Patricia. They embark on an adventure that takes them to the source of the contamination. In a race against the clock, they fight peacocks and mad scientists and finally the army itself…

Distribution
Director Julien Knafo
Music Julien Knafo
Cinematographer Marc Simpson-Threlford
Screenplay Jean Barbe, Julien Knafo
Cast Roy Dupuis, Simon-Olivier Fecteau, Marianne Fortier, Mylène Mackay, Mahée Paiement, Iani Bédard
Production Palomar Films
Distribution Filmoption International

Biographie

Julien Knafo

Julien Knafo is a graduate of Concordia University’s renowned film school, where he composed the music for his cohort’s short films all the while developing his own signature as a filmmaker. A true multidisciplinary artist, he composed the music for Kim Nguyen’s two first features Le marais (2003) and Truffe (2006). He went on to direct videoclips for many well-known Quebec artists including Pierre Lapointe and Stefie Shock. In 2010, he adapted and co-directed Lucidité passagère with 3 other directors. Brain Freeze, which he has written and directed (and composed the music for) is his first solo feature.