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The Crying Conch is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Vincent Toi and released in 2017.[1] The film centres on a man who is drawn into a rebellion that parallels the 18th-century story of Haitian revolutionary François Mackandal.[1]

The Crying Conch
Film poster
Directed by	Vincent Toi
Written by	Vincent Toi
Produced by	Guillaume Collin Charles Jonas Vincent Toi
Starring	Zidor Montal Ebby Angel Louis Lovena Dieudonné
Cinematography	Marcel Cabrera
Edited by	Alexander Kasstan Vincent Toi
Music by	Andy Dacoulis
Production companies	Licorne Production Arpent Films
Distributed by	La Distributrice de Films
Release date	February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15) (Berlin)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Kreyol

The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, where Toi won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film.[4]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2017.[5]

References

External links

• The Crying Conch at IMDb

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