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Taxi Libre

Kaveh Nabatian

2011 12 min

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In this short fiction film, a Mexican university professor is stuck driving a taxi in Montreal. His tequila-swilling guardian angel doesn’t make life any easier.

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In this short fiction film, a Mexican university professor is stuck driving a taxi in Montreal. His tequila-swilling guardian angel doesn’t make life any easier.

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Credits

• writer
  Kaveh Nabatian
  
• director
  Kaveh Nabatian
  
• cast
  Omar Alexis Ramos Torres
  
  Alain Cadieux
  
  Marco Ledezma
  
  Brigitte Tremblay
  
• extra
  Etienne Cormier
  
  Jean-Cosmas Arroyance
  
  Anaïs Joly-Prud'homme
  
• casting
  Lucie Robitaille
  
• director of photography
  Tobie Marier Robitaille
  
• editor
  Maxime Chalifoux
  
• sound recordist
  René Portillo
  
• sound editor
  Daniel Lagacé
  
• script consultant
  Michelle Allen
  
  Francisco Avila
  
• assistant director
  Darren Kotania
  
• assistant camera
  Iljo Kotorencev
  
• key gaffer
  Alexis Vallée-Charest
  
• digital management technician
  Gabriel Brault-Tardif
  
• script supervisor
  Patrick Aubert
  
• art director
  Camille Parent
  
• wardrobe consultant
  Valérie Brousseau
  
• hair artist
  Anandae Tourigny
  
• makeup artist
  Anandae Tourigny
  
• production assistant
  Vince Campanella
  
  Alexander Chow
  
  Patrice Ouimet
  
  Andréanne Varennes
  
• dailies synching
  Martial Éthier
  
• online editor
  Yannick Carrier
  
• titles
  Gaspard Gaudreau
  
• sound mixing
  Jean Paul Vialard
  
• production coordinator
  Heather Gibb
  
  Christine Williams
  
  Stefanie Brantner
  
• senior production coordinator
  Camila Blos
  
• program administrator
  Stephanie Brown
  
  Dan Emery
  
• technical coordinator
  Brigitte Sénéchal
  
  Steve Hallé
  
• digital editing supervisor
  Danielle Raymond
  
• digital editing technician
  Isabelle Painchaud
  
• producer
  Alexandra Yanofsky
  
  Kat Baulu
  
• line producer
  Marie-France Côté
  
  Aisling Chin-Yee
  
• associate producer
  Odebo Extian-Babiuk
  
  Shiraz Janjua
  
• executive producer
  Ravida Din
  

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