It will Always End in the End

Montreal designer Gabriel, queer and HIV-positive, shares his acceptance journey, offering a timely, hopeful view of Quebec's HIV activism. 

SYNOPSIS

Gabriel Drolet-Maguire, a queer fashion designer living in Montreal, takes us into their artistic world to speak about their HIV diagnosis and the process of acceptance that led them to reach out to the HIV-positive community. A timely and hopeful look at past and present-day HIV activism in Quebec.

Theme(s): , LGBTQI2SA+, Social

DETAILS

Director | , Nancy Pettinicchio
Year | , 2024
Country | , Québec
Duration | 16 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , English
Sound design | Paloma Daris
Sound mixing | Émilie Blaise
Music | Paloma Daris
Editing | Jessie Posthumus
Production | Nancy Pettinicchio
Cinematographer | Catherine Lefebvre
Animation | Jessie Posthumus

DIRECTOR

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Nancy Pettinicchio

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Nancy Pettinicchio is an Italian-Canadian non-binary filmmaker from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal exploring topics surrounding gender, mental and physical health, and coming of age. Their first short film Falena (2022) premiered internationally at the Palm Springs ShortFest, screened in festivals across Canada, the United States, and Europe, and won the image+nation 2022 Best Québec Short Film award

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1 | 

22 July 2025 pm31 20h45

Parc Médéric-Martin 

This film is included in screening Short film competition – Programme #2

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