| Wintergreen | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette |
| Producer: | Ménaïc Raoul |
| Starring: | Steve Laplante Sophie Desmarais |
| Music: | Simon Leclerc |
| Cinematography: | Mathieu Laverdière |
| Editing: | Isabelle Malenfant |
| Studio: | Voyous Films |
| Distributor: | 3.14 Collectif |
| Runtime: | 19 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Wintergreen (fr|Paparmane) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette and released in 2012.[1] The film centres on the interaction between Jérôme (Steve Laplante), a parking station attendant who has never emotionally recovered from the death of his mother, and Camille (Sophie Desmarais), a singing telegram performer, whose lives are transformed by an ailing cat.
The film premiered at the 2012 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[2]
The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the 2012 Yorkton Film Festival, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012.[3]