It's Not a Cowboy Movie
| It's Not a Cowboy Movie | |
|---|---|
| French | Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys |
| Directed by | Benjamin Parent |
| Written by | Joris Morio Benjamin Parent |
| Produced by | David Frenkel Arno Moria |
| Starring | Malivaï Yakou Finnegan Oldfield Leïla Choukri Garance Marillier Damien Gomes |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Loir |
| Edited by | Beatrice Herminie |
Production company | Synecdoche |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
It's Not a Cowboy Movie (French: Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys) is a French short comedy film, directed by Benjamin Parent and released in 2012. The film centres on a group of students who are discussing the film Brokeback Mountain after seeing it on television the night before.[1]
The cast includes Malivaï Yakou as Moussa, Finnegan Oldfield as Vincent, Leïla Choukri as Jessica, Garance Marillier as Nadia, and Damien Gomes as an unnamed boy.
Distribution
[edit]It was included in Boys on Film 9: Youth in Trouble, the ninth volume in the Boys on Film series of LGBT-related short film anthology DVDs.[2]
Awards
[edit]The film was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Queer Palm for LGBT-related short films.[3] In 2013, it was a César Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 38th César Awards.[1]
At the 2013 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Oldfield won the award for Best Performance.[4]
Controversy
[edit]In 2014, the film became the subject of controversy when anti-gay activists associated with the La Manif pour tous protests attacked it for depicting LGBTQ themes in a youth context.[5] The protests led Parent to give the film free distribution for one week on Vimeo so that people could see for themselves that it featured no age-inappropriate content.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ce n’est pas un film de cow-boys est aussi en lice pour les César". La Montagne, 9 February 2013.
- ^ Tim Isaac, "Boys On Film 9: Youth In Trouble Trailer – More from the popular gay shorts series". Big Gay Picture Show, 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Queer Palm 2012: "Laurence Anyways" de Xavier Dolan distingué à Cannes". Le Point, 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Palmarès complet du festival du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2013". France 3, 9 February 2023.
- ^ Charlotte Pudlowski, "«Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys»: la Manif pour tous, meilleur attaché de presse du cinéma français". Slate, 5 November 2014.
- ^ ""Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys" : chère Manif pour tous, merci de promouvoir ce film". L'Obs, 6 November 2014.