Mérédith Gonzalez-Bayard

Production

Mérédith Gonzalez-Bayard

Mérédith Gonzalez-Bayard gained recognition with “Under the Sleeping Mountain” (Finalist for Best Short Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma 2022) and “Friend of a Friend” (Best Canadian Short Award at Festival Inside Out 2024). In 2024, she secured funding for her first feature-length documentary, “Unfinished Business” (Talents to Watch – Telefilm Canada). Mérédith joined the Couronne Nord team in 2023 and now leads several projects, including short film “Almost Pink” and feature film “Aphelion”, both supported by SODEC and CALQ.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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Laura is a dancer who works as a bike courier to make ends meet. Over the course of one shift, as her patience is tested and her energy depletes, Laura learns she has the fortitude to survive the odds against her.

Soft Lock

Almost Pink poster
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After basketball practice, a 15-year-old girl meets a stranger for a transaction that goes almost as planned. Confronted with her own limits, she will come to harshly realize her place in the real world, beyond the court.

Almost Pink

2026

Route 138 poster
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On June 10th, 2023, a man embarks on a journey to run 138 kilometers on Quebec's Road 138, wishing to honor his sister's resilience facing cancer. This odyssey becomes a brother's love letter to his sister in the language he knows best: running.

Route 138

2025

Boys My Age poster
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The young Sasha tries to make her mark in a summer camp where challenges and dance shape daily life, while Steak, a passionate counselor and dancer, faces his own insecurities. A life-changing evening will force them to grow faster than they ever imagined.

Boys My Age

2026

Seize poster
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Exploring the obsessive, compulsive, and competitive side of the dance world, Seize deconstructs the festive, enchanting, and imperfect image of Quebec folklore. It is through the synchronicity of movement, concomitant rhythms, the appropriation of space, and tangible coincidences that the jiggers convey their passionate obsession with this art.

Seize

2019

Friend of a Friend poster
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Jules is bisexual. Ready to try his first experience with another man, he spends the evening with Samuel, a friend of a friend. Unfortunately, the impromptu arrival of Samuel’s roommates interferes with his plans. Jules must then overcome his shyness and personnel issues to show Samuel how he feels.

Friend of a Friend

2023

Mango Lemon Soda poster
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After spraining her ankle fleeing a terrible date, Zahrah is forced to spend an evening with her estranged ex.

Mango Lemon Soda

2022

Under The Sleeping Mountain poster
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One summer, many years after his mother confided in him about her emotional difficulties with his father, a filmmaker questions his parents, curious about the state of their relationship. At first glance, their situation does not seem to have changed. Curious, he decides to inquire about it. Their activities and discussions both revive nostalgic and fearful emotions. He sees that his mother does not feel the same. From this moment that he realizes the magnitude of the subject and that some things are not accessible to him.

Under The Sleeping Mountain

2021

Crumbles poster
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After a recent breakup, Alex tries to reconnect with his younger brother in hopes of making sense of the world he has created for himself, which is now falling apart.

Crumbles

2023

The Blue Girls of Summer poster
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For one summer, Clara and Chloé escape to the cabin of their childhood and find refuge by the lake.

The Blue Girls of Summer

2024