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No Ghost in the Morgue

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No Ghost in the Morgue
Directed byMarilyn Cooke
Written byMarilyn Cooke
Produced byKélyna N. Lauzier
StarringSchelby Jean-Baptiste
CinematographyJuliette A. Lossky
Edited byMyriam Magassouba
Music byPierre-Philippe Côté
Production
company
La 115e
Distributed byH264 Distribution
Release date
  • March 9, 2022 (2022-03-09) (SBIFF)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

No Ghost in the Morgue is a 2022 Canadian short comedy-drama film, written and directed by Marilyn Cooke.[1] The film stars Schelby Jean-Baptiste as Keity, a medical student who takes an internship working in the morgue after failing to get her desired surgery placement,[2] and repeatedly sees the ghost of her dead grandmother Myriam (Mireille Metellus).[1]

The cast also includes Michel Laperrière, Ariane Bérubé and Alexandra Laferrière.

The film premiered in March 2022 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022,[5] and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[6]

It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[7]

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