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'With Jeff' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marie-ve Juste and released in 2012.[Marc Cassivi, [https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/marc-cassivi/201205/23/01-4527727-marie-eve-a-la-quinzaine.php "Marie-ve la Quinzaine"]. 'La Presse', May 23, 2012.] The film stars Laury Verdieu as Nydia, a shy, quiet Haitian Canadian student leading a regimented and isolated life, who gains a taste of freedom when she accepts a motorcycle ride from her classmate Jeff (Liridon Rashiti).[
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The film premiered in the Director's Fortnight at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,[Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/plus-de-nouvelles/201207/17/01-4544706-un-court-quebecois-a-la-quinzaine-des-realisateurs.php "Un court qubcois la Quinzaine des ralisateurs"]. 'La Presse', April 25, 2012.] and had its Canadian premiere in the Short Cuts program at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[Danielle Ng See Quan, [http://playbackonline.ca/2012/08/08/canadian-features-inchallah-antiviral-still-to-headline-at-tiff/ "Canadian features InchAllah, Antiviral, Still to headline at TIFF"]. 'Playback', August 8, 2012.]
The film received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.[[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/598138/jutra-15e-nominations "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tte des nominations"]. Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.]
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