Québexit

Québexit is a 2020 Canadian political comedy film, directed by Joshua Demers.[1] The film's plot centres on the aftermath of a successful Quebec sovereignty referendum, focusing on conflicts at the new international Quebec-New Brunswick border between the Canadian Armed Forces, the new army of Quebec, and a pair of indigenous women whose ancestral land rights mean that they cannot be stopped from crossing the border at will.[2]

The film's cast includes Gail Maurice, Xavier Yuvens, Alison Louder, Nicole Joy-Fraser, Daniel Gravelle, Alexandre Côté, Mélanie Bray, Voytek Skrzeta, Inderpal Saluja, Valérie Descheneaux, Andrew White-Martin, Emmanuel Kabongo, Nathalie Nadon, Florian François, Pierre Simpson, Kyle McDonald, Keenan Grom, Samantha Brown and Jennifer Vallance.[2] It features dialogue in English, French and Cree;[3] despite being set on the Quebec-New Brunswick border, the film was shot principally in Pickering, Ontario.[4]

The film premiered at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival in September 2020.[2] In December it was screened at the Whistler Film Festival,[5] where Maurice, Yuvens, and Demers won the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film.[6]