Rhayne Vermette
Rhayne Vermette (Métis) was born in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba. It was while studying architecture at the University of Manitoba, that Rhayne fell into the practices of image making and story telling.
Primarily self taught, her films are opulent collages of fiction, animation, documentary, structuralist experimentalism, and re enactments. Rhayne is fascinated with indeterminacy and operates under a cosmology of effects and influences. Her work has screened internationally at diverse occasions including Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Images Film Festival, Jihlava International Film Festival, European Media Arts Festival, DOXA, Melbourne International Animation Festival … Rhayne lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Ste. Anne (80 mins, 2021)
As a party wanders into the night, word arrives that Renée has emerged from obscurity. This cataclysmic moment ignites Modeste’s awkward reunion with his older sibling. Renée has
been missing for years and her presence unsettles the family, which also includes her own daughter, Athene. As Renée begins to form her dreams from fragments of her past, ominous
premonitions disrupt the land.
Shot over the course of two years, Ste. Anne traces an allegorical reclamation of land through personal, symbolic and historical sites all across Treaty 1 Territory, heartland of the Métis Nation.
This film was made possible with the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, and Winnipeg Arts Council.
Ste. Anne was commissioned by Cousin Collective. Made possible with support from Cinereach. It premiered at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival and later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Viennale, and had its streaming premiere on the Criterion Channel.