KANAVAL

By Henri PARDO

EDGY MEDIA - as SALES

First film - Completed 2023

A young Haitian boy is whisked away from his island and taken to a strange planet called Canada.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2023
Centrepiece
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • First film, Family, Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • FRENCH-CANADIAN, CREOLE
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Henri PARDO
    • Writer(s)
    • Henri PARDO
    • Producer(s)
    • Éric IDRISS-KANAGO (Yzanakio), Adolf EL ASSAL (WADY FILMS), Daniela MUJICA (Yzanakio), Neigeme GLASGOW-MAEDA (WADY FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • In the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, was brutally torn from his native land along with Erzulie, his mother, and deposited on a strange planet called Canada. Since their arrival, a distance seems to have grown between mother and son. To regain the love of his mother, Rico will have to understand this New World populated by individuals with strange habits and customs. Fortunately for him, he can count on Kana, his imaginary friend who comes straight out of Haitian mythology.