We Are the audience

We Are the Audience: A Participatory Short Film on Stuttering Representation

In We Are the Audience, people who stutter question how the world sees them and advocate for how they wish to be seen. Blending documentary intimacy with cinematic craft, this film offers a rare portrayal of a group of people who stutter as together they conceive a new future for dysfluent voices.

Co-created in partnership with the stuttering community and featuring a score by a composer who stutters, the film reflects on identity, belonging, and the quiet but powerful influence of what we place on screen.

We Are the Audience invites viewers to listen, and imagine what’s possible when we decide to create change. The film is a collaborative project between research centres and community organizations.

Runtime: 6 minutes

Distribution

The film was presented in an advance screening in November 2025 at the inaugural edition of the Voice and Media Festival. It is currently on the festival circuit and will be released online afterwards.

Festival Selection

Shiny Awards, USA & Canada Showcase, 2025 (New York, É.-U.)

Host a screening

Would you like to host a screening of the film in your community, organization, or institution, followed by a workshop and discussion on stuttering representation? Contact us at info@voixetmedias.org

Check out the trailer and the promotional poster

Trailer editor: Eliza Brownlie
Poster design: Shin Hyoun Kim

Direction and Concept
Director: Eliza Brownlie
Concept and Script: Aidan Sank, Geneviève Lamoureux

Production
Producers: Eliza Brownlie, Domingo Lamarre, Geneviève Lamoureux / Labo IV, Aidan Sank / SPACE
Co-producers: Lianne Becker, Collin Meath /Keep or Destroy
Executive producer: Ingrid Verduyckt/ Vocavie

Featuring
Alexandre Cadelis, Lily Daoust, Romy Hoss, Geneviève Lamoureux, Ysabelle Trudeau, Bérénice Edima, Charles Choueiry, Denis Hamel, Alix Perini

Participating Organizations
Laboratoire CinéMédias, Association bégaiement communication, Association des jeunes bègues du Québec, Fondation RÉA, Fonds de recherche du Québec, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Société inclusive, Grandé Studios, Outpost, Clinique spécialisée en bégaiement et bredouillement

Crew
Director of Photography: Domingo Lamarre
Production Designer: Evelyne Morin
Editor: Domingo Lamarre
Original Music: Luke Wyland
Sound Design and Mix: Eugenio Battaglia
Excerpt Editing: Julien Bouthillier
First Assistant Director: Aidan Sank
Production Coordinators: Rosalie Carignan, Roxana Baloiu
First Assistant Camera: Louis-Émile Bossé
Gaffer: Eric Ricky Proulx
Lighting: Renaud Lemonde
Key Grip: Eric Gagné
Sound Recordist: Robyn Forman
Make-up (focus group scene): Léa Sagnard
Cinema Technician: Adrian Manicom
Production Assistants: Alexandre Cadelis, Alix Perini, Denis Hamel, Sophie Calmettes
Color Correction: Outpost MTL
Colorist: Martin Gaumond
Assistant Colorist: Sébastien Prince
Post-production Producer: Julia Aubry
Post-production Coordinator: Delphine Cloarec
Camera and Lighting Equipment: Grandé
Extras: Alexandre Cadelis, Alix Perini, André Hamilton, Annie Carrier, Arthur Jeannot, Carolina Collados, Christophe Clément, Claudine M. Desjardins, Denis Hamel, Félix-Antoine Carignan, Hind Baba Ahmed, Ingrid Verduyckt, Judith Labonté, Maxime Jubinville, Michel Jubinville, Nakisa Nemati, Rayan Moulla, Sebastien Denicourt, Sophie Assouad, Sophie Quirion, Sébastien Finlay, Wes Megan Martin, Yana Melnikova, Ysabelle Trudeau