6:15pm - 9:00pm
The evening will also feature a live performance by sound/noise artist Bret Parenteau, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Suzanne Morrissette, with Rhayne Vermette (director/producer), Bret Parenteau (score), Andrina Turenne (actor), Val Vint (actor) and Richard Courchene (actor).
Learn more about the film below—we hope to see you there!
Levers by Rhayne Vermette (89 min.)
Set in the Red River Valley, the film follows a civil servant investigating a mysterious global catastrophe triggered by a sudden sky blast. As the world descends into darkness, she becomes entangled with a sculptor whose work and intentions are shrouded in mystery. Blending Indigenous symbolism, religious syncretism, and striking elemental imagery, the film weaves an eerie, poetic story that mixes fantasy with the quiet strangeness of everyday life.
Directed By
Rhayne Vermette
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Rhayne Vermette was born in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba. Primarily self taught, her work emphasizes an interruption of image through collage, photography and analog filmmaking. Themes of place, time and rhythm are expressed through opulent layers of fiction, animation, reenactments and divine interruption. Her works and films have exhibited internationally and highlights presentations at The Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, The Walker Art Center, New York Film Festival, The Remai Modern, Jeonju International Film Festival, Valdivia International Film Festival, DocumentaMadrid, Platform Center for Photographic and Digital Arts, and Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective. In 2024, Rhayne was shortlisted for the “Sobey Art Award”, Canada’s preeminent prize for contemporary visual artists.
Her first feature narrative, Ste. Anne, exploded into the world in 2021. The film was critically acclaimed and recognized through varied awards and accolades, most notably TIFF’s Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film.
Rhayne lives and works in Winnipeg.
Performance By
Bret Parenteau
Bret Parenteau is a sound/noise artist based in Winnipeg. Under Wasauksing Sniper and the initials B.P., Parenteau creates noise, field recording, sound collage & tape manipulation. Most recently Bret has been working on film scores for short & feature length films. Creating the scores for Ste. Anne (2021), NIGIQTUQ (The South Wind) (2023), Klee (2025), & Levers (2025) Parenteau’s collage work have been featured for releases with his local cassette label Makade Star. In addition his latest work has been included in local galleries around Winnipeg such as Urban Shaman, Blinkers Art & Project Space, Galerie Buhler Gallery, and Rosemary Gallery.
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