Productions Specimen and h264 are proud to announce that the action drama FAUX GUN BANDIT (TOY GUN BANDIT), written and directed by Rémi St-Michel, will be presented in two essential Canadian cinema events this fall. The film will first have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the prestigious Centrepiece section on September 10, before being screened the next day at the Quebec City Cinema Festival (FCVQ). FALSE GUN BANDIT is produced by the team behind the hit Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicide.
“It is a great pleasure to present FAUX GUN BANDIT as its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is an essential event for cinema and an exceptional opportunity to launch the film. I am also very happy that it will be presented the next day at the Quebec City Film Festival. As I am from Quebec, the film was shot there and its story takes place there, this screening has a very special resonance for me. I can’t wait to share FAUX GUN BANDIT with audiences here,” says the screenwriter and director.
FAUX GUN BANDIT stars a cast made up of new faces: Félix Munger, David Beaudoin, Brandon Truong, Chau-Phi Van Quirion, Jenny-Mark Turmel-Pichette, Mathieu Bourret, Josée Tremblay and Marc-Antoine Munger. Sara Montpetit and Lou Thompson complete the cast.
In the suburbs of Quebec, a young man willing to do anything to attract attention plunges headfirst into a criminal spiral that will endanger his friendships, his values and his own life. This is almost a true story.
Rémi St-Michel has several short films to his credit: Le Chevreuil (2012), Petit Frère (2014), A Bomb in the Heart (2019) and Zoé (2024). He directed his first feature film in 2019, Before we explode, scripted by Éric K Boulianne. FAUX GUN BANDIT is the first feature film for which he wrote the screenplay and directed.
FAUX GUN BANDIT is produced by Jeanne-Marie Poulain. Anaëlle Béglet acts as executive producer, Irène Besonne, Rémi Dufresne, Sophie Michon and Hippolyte de Chanlaire as associate producers. Xavier Bossé is in charge of photography, Clélia Brissaud is in charge of artistic direction, Gabrielle Lauzier is in charge of costume design, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau and Stéphane Bergeron are in charge of sound. The original music is by Peter Venne.
Distributed by h264, FAUX GUN BANDIT is produced with the financial assistance of SODEC, Telefilm Canada, provincial and federal tax credits, CALQ, Studios Grandé, Post-Moderne, Difuze and the City of Quebec. The feature film will be released in 2027.