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This article is about the film by Marc-Antoine Lemire. For the practice of getting drunk before going out socializing, see Pregaming. 2017 Canadian film

Pre-Drink

Directed by	Marc-Antoine Lemire
Produced by	Maria Gracia Turgeon Marc-Antoine Lemire
Starring	Alex Trahan Pascale Drevillon
Cinematography	Léna Mill-Reuillard
Edited by	Anouk Deschênes
Production companies	Les films de la Méduse Midi la Nuit
Release date	September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17) (TIFF)
Running time	23 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Pre-Drink is a Canadian dramatic short film by Marc-Antoine Lemire, which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film stars Alex Trahan as Carl and Pascale Drevillon as Alexe, a gay man and a transgender woman whose longtime friendship is complicated when they drunkenly decide to have sex.

In December, TIFF named the film to its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian short films. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, and won the Prix Iris for Best Short Film at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards.

References

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri takes home TIFF's top honour". CBC News, September 17, 2017.
"Pre-Drink". Toronto International Film Festival.
"Canada's Top Ten has some glaring omissions" Archived 2017-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2017.
"Finalistes des Prix Écrans canadiens 2018". Films du Québec, January 16, 2018.
"Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018.

External links

Pre-Drink at IMDb

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
Stealing Images (1989) Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990) The Making of Monsters (1991) Letters of Transit (1992) Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993) Frank's Cock (1994) Reconstruction (1995) Letters from Home (1996) Cotton Candy (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Discharge (1999) The Hat (2000) FILM(dzama) (2001) Blue Skies (2002) Aspiration (2003) Man. Feel. Pain. (2004) Big Girl (2005) The Days (2006) Pool (2007) Block B (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Little Flowers (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Keep a Modest Head (2012) Noah (2013) The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014) Overpass (2015) Mutants (2016) Pre-Drink (2017) Brotherhood (2018) Delphine (2019) Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) Simo (2022) Motherland (2023) Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film

Stealing Images (1989)
Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990)
The Making of Monsters (1991)
Letters of Transit (1992)
Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993)
Frank's Cock (1994)
Reconstruction (1995)
Letters from Home (1996)
Cotton Candy (1997)
When Ponds Freeze Over (1998)
Discharge (1999)
The Hat (2000)
FILM(dzama) (2001)
Blue Skies (2002)
Aspiration (2003)
Man. Feel. Pain. (2004)
Big Girl (2005)
The Days (2006)
Pool (2007)
Block B (2008)
Danse Macabre (2009)
Little Flowers (2010)
Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
Keep a Modest Head (2012)
Noah (2013)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014)
Overpass (2015)
Mutants (2016)
Pre-Drink (2017)
Brotherhood (2018)
Delphine (2019)
Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020)
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
Simo (2022)
Motherland (2023)
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

v t e Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film
Magical Words (1999) Atomic Saké (2000) Inséparables (2001) Remembrance (2002) Hit and Run (2003) Mammouth (2004) Papa (2005) The White Chapel (2006) The Dead Water (2007) Our Jail Is a Kingdom (2008) Next Floor (2009) Danse Macabre (2010) Opening Up (2011) Trotteur (2012) Where I Am (2013) An Extraordinary Person (2014) Life's a Bitch (2015) Maurice (2016) Mutants (2017) Pre-Drink (2018) Brotherhood (2019) Just Me and You (2020) Foam (2021) Like the Ones I Used to Know (2022) Invincible (2023) Summer of 2000 (2024)

Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film

Magical Words (1999)
Atomic Saké (2000)
Inséparables (2001)
Remembrance (2002)
Hit and Run (2003)
Mammouth (2004)
Papa (2005)
The White Chapel (2006)
The Dead Water (2007)
Our Jail Is a Kingdom (2008)
Next Floor (2009)
Danse Macabre (2010)
Opening Up (2011)
Trotteur (2012)
Where I Am (2013)
An Extraordinary Person (2014)
Life's a Bitch (2015)
Maurice (2016)
Mutants (2017)
Pre-Drink (2018)
Brotherhood (2019)
Just Me and You (2020)
Foam (2021)
Like the Ones I Used to Know (2022)
Invincible (2023)
Summer of 2000 (2024)

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