08 Apr Jolène Ruest is the third recipient of the (tri)Cycle 2025–2026 grant!
Main Film would like to congratulate Jolène Ruest and her short film project Tu l’as loué combien de temps, le camion ?, the recipient of the third cycle of the (tri)Cycle grant for the 2025–2026 academic year. Congratulations, Jolène, and a big thank you to our jury! Jolène will be able to benefit from the advice of renowned professionals and use our production equipment free of charge, up to a value of $10,000!
Living in a moving truck because they can’t find a place to live: absurdity borders on reality amid a shortage of affordable housing. This is the punchline of “How long did you rent the truck for?”, a ten-minute social drama exploring the new faces of the affordable housing crisis—namely, those of people who appear capable of finding housing but are actually living in invisible homelessness.
Jolène Ruest
An author actively involved in her neighborhood’s La Rue de la Poésie, Jolène Ruest has lived in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve for seventeen years. Urban life and heavy metal music run through her projects, from her digital repertoire Gueuleuses to her books. Her first novel earned her a mention in “L’humour au féminin, un secret bien gardé” in the Atlas littéraire du Québec, while her second was adapted for the stage.
Support programme (tri)Cycle
(tri)Cycle is a Main Film program that supports the creation of short fiction films. The program is open to independent filmmakers, regardless of their experience. Applicants must retain full creative and editorial control over all aspects of the project. In keeping with our organization’s mission, the goal of (tri)Cycle is to support, mentor, and encourage independent filmmakers with a strong and bold artistic vision.
Through this program, over the course of four months, selected artists will receive expert advice from recognized professionals and have free access to our filming equipment valued at up to $10,000!
The program supports three filmmakers per year, or one project per cycle. The project to be supported is determined by an external selection committee composed of a director, a producer, and a member of a distribution company.
The application deadline for the first cycle of the 2026-2027 academic year is June 1st, 2026.