Montreal’s Magical Hidden Sweet Spots Shine In ‘Appliqués for sun’

For several years, Montreal natives Melissa Matos and Emmanuel Mauries-Rinfret have enjoyed a fruitful and diverse collaboration. Both played crucial roles in the music videos of electronic musician Jacques Greene and they currently put much of their energy into TRUSST studio, an undertaking co-founded by Matos. In spite of the filmmakers' long-running partnership, Appliqués for sun is one of their first completed collaborations as directors. Through the nostalgic use of 16mm film and the unconventional compositions brought about by split-screen editing, Matos and Mauries-Rinfret convey the fleeting wonders of a summer afternoon in their hometown. Thanks to the diversity of their artistic backgrounds (Matos has created installations and photography; Mauries-Rinfret has worked in video art and graphic arts), they have managed to give intriguing artistic shape to their most elusive Montreal memories.