Name: Perfect
Director: Karim Ayari
Released: 2013-12-01

Perfect

Perfect is a short film collaboration between Treepot Media and Splitklips.

The Film

Screenings and Awards

Finalist, CBC Short Film Face-off, National Broadcast, Canada, 2013
Featured film, Treepot Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2013
Featured Film, Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada 2013
Official Selection, National Screen Institute (NSI) Canada Online Film Festival, 2014
Official Selection, Riverside Short Film & Video Festival, Missouri 2014
Official Selection, The ExtraOrdinary Film Festival, Belgium 2015
Two films about Tourette's, University of California in San Francisco, April 2016
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Film Festival, New York, May 2016
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Film Festival, Toronto, May 2016
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Film Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2016
Official Selection, Daisyfest 2016, Surrey, UK, June 2016
Official Selection, The best of 12 seasons screening, The ExtraOrdinary Film Festival, Belgium, September 2016
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus, Ohio, September 2016
In International Competition, look & roll Film Festival, Basel, Switzerland, September 2016
Disability Employment Awareness Month screenings through ReelAbilities: New York, October 2016
Official Selection, Reelabilities Film Festival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2016
Look & roll on tour, Cologne, Germany, November 2016
Official Selection, Taste of Reelabilities Film Festival, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 2016
Official Selection, Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada, December 2016
Reelablities at UCSF, San Francisco, January 2017
look & roll on tour at Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2017, Bamberg, Germany, January 2017
Featured at ReelAbilities at the Houston Ballet, Houston, Texas, February 2017
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2017
Official Selection, Moving Images Film Festival, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017
Official Selection, PEBLive: Film and Performance Art Festival, Vancouver, BC, October 2017
Official Selection, ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, October 2018
Official Selection, Wide Angle Film Festival, Australia, November 2018

Synopsis

Julius Quicklax meets with his psychologist following what he considered to be a disastrous first date due to his involuntary tics. “Perfect” is a quirky comedy about one man’s attempt to free himself of any flaws, only to learn that perfection can mean many things.

Credits

Written / directed by Karim Ayari
Produced by Jith Paul / Karim Ayari
Starring Richard Gélinas, Mélodie Courval, Ron Tarrant, Jennifer Vallance, Nicolas Brosseau, Jules Michael Masterson, Jeffrey Feguson, Jacynthe Bigras
Director of Photography Karim Ayari
First Assistant Director Jith Paul
Wardrobe and Production Design: Jacynthe Bigras Additional Cinematography: Nicolas Séguin
Edited / graded/ mixed by Karim Ayari
Motion graphics by Jith Paul

Copyright © 2013 Splitklips and Treepot Media

News

This film has had an incredible run, shown on TV and at festivals and events around the world. We continue to be amazed at the positive comments from festival juries and audiences. Check out our Facebook page for info on screenings. Thanks!

Here's a clip from CBC's Short Film Face-off 2013 where the film premiered.

Unfortunately, CBC has removed this episode of the short film face-off from its digital platforms.

Here's Karim's intro / promo for CBC Ottawa's broadcast of the film in Summer 2013.

Here's a radio interview with CHUO FM98.1 recorded in Ottawa on July 17, 2013.

G'day Australia. We are happy to announce that Perfect will screen at the Wide Angle Film Festival! We're the second film featured in the festival trailer: https://t.co/OxYbVz9al5 #cdnfilm pic.twitter.com/0qIFLns1jj
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) November 11, 2018

We're going to Hollywood! Well, our film is, that is. We're thrilled to announce that 'Perfect', a film we premiered at @cbcshortfilm a few years ago will be screened as part of @ReelAbilitiesLA on Sunday October 14th, 2018! https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG #Cdnfilm #Ottarts pic.twitter.com/OuT1qauyba
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) September 15, 2018

Our @cbcshortfilm short 'Perfect' hits the West coast screening at the 7th annual PEBLive @PRJEveryBody in Vancouver on October 5th #ottarts pic.twitter.com/5aGrb0kALU
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) September 29, 2017

Our film Perfect screens at the Moving Images Film Festival at Harvard Medical School in Boston on April 1! #ottarts https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/lIJOVJ0rZQ
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) March 9, 2017

.@cbcshortfilm 2013 finalist 'Perfect' screens at @CincyRA in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 12 #indiefilm #ottarts https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/pAR8rLevi9
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) March 6, 2017

Our film 'Perfect' is one of the films featured at ReelAbilities at the Houston Ballet on February 14, 2017 #ottarts https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/kcZCORzge9
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) January 21, 2017

Our @cbcshortfilm 2013 film #perfectmovie will screen at the prestigious BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE 2017 in Germany on January 28&29 #indiefilm pic.twitter.com/zL1F0sVJMU
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) January 17, 2017

The Perfect world tour continues in 2017. Our next screening is at ReelAbilities at UCSF in San Francisco this month! #ottarts #indiefilm pic.twitter.com/Rkpf2xBe83
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) January 2, 2017

The Perfect world festival tour returns home to Ottawa, screening at @MirrorMtnFilm in December! More info at https://t.co/aBSLdV6uCS pic.twitter.com/cZzz9zEC8I
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) November 7, 2016

Hello Springfield, MA! Our film Perfect is part of the Taste of Reelabilities Film Festival there in November 😊https://t.co/xNOFALrayX pic.twitter.com/XJcFTqxibC
— Jith (@JithPaul) October 25, 2016

Perfect is continuing its international #filmfestival tour heading to Pittsburgh to screen at @ReelAPgh at @rscpgh on October 30 @EyeOnCda pic.twitter.com/Z2HfHpXPBK
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) October 10, 2016

Julius is heading back to the Big Apple! Perfect screens in New York during National Disability Employment Month. https://t.co/xNOFALrayX pic.twitter.com/iM0sqeKucv
— Jith (@JithPaul) October 3, 2016

Our short film Perfect is in competition at look&roll in Basel, Switzerland September 22-25! https://t.co/XuS16UQzt9 pic.twitter.com/BpkNZkZhOW
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) August 31, 2016

Perfect will screen at the @ReelAbilities filmfest in Columbus Ohio on Sep 21. #Cdnfilm https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/eNe8tG9uOb
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) August 30, 2016

Perfect will screen at the Extraordinary Film Fest in Belgium no Sep16 with other @cbcshortfilm film Jesse #cdnfilm pic.twitter.com/x8VOggmKlh
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) August 28, 2016

Next for @cbcshortfilm 2013 film 'Perfect': @ReelAbilitySLC film fest in Salt Lake City, Utah! pic.twitter.com/GT2SHP5GwC
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) May 14, 2016

Next for Perfect: A screening in California on April 27, 2016! Congrats team. https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/euyOlMevCW
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) April 5, 2016

Perfect screens at Daisyfest 2016 in Surrey in the south east of England today! Info: https://t.co/CwmTE2qvsG pic.twitter.com/Nr196je5Ru
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) June 9, 2016

News: Perfect screens at @ReelAbilitiesTO at the @thebloorcinema on May 13th! https://t.co/CwmTE28U46 @EyeOnCda pic.twitter.com/bnkFbYzlyk
— Treepot Media (@TreepotMedia) April 13, 2016

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Perfect

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