Next Floor
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance. Next floor has won over 50 awards at festivals around the world.
- Canada
- 2008, 12 min
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Director of photography: Nicolas Bolduc
- Editor: Sophie Leblond
- Screenplay: Jacques Davidts
- Music: Warren Slim Williams
- Cast: Jean Marchand, Mathieu Handfield, Sébastien René, Emmanuel Schwartz
- Contacts: Danny Lennon
- Producer: Phoebe Greenberg
- Production: PHI GROUP
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (1967, Canada) is a director and scriptwriter. His first medium length film, REW FFWD (1994), has screened at several festivals and received a special mention at Locarno Film Festival. He then focused on making very successful music videos. In 1996, he participated in a collective project Cosmos, that screened at Cannes. In 1998, he wrote and made his first feature film Un 32 août sur Terre, shown at 35 festivals including Cannes. In 2000, he wrote and directed his second feature film Maelström that was shown at over 40 festivals and won 25 awards including the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2001 Berlin festival. He completed his third feature film Polytechnique (2009).