Malajube ｜｜ Fille à plume [vidéoclip officiel] - Malajube ｜｜ Fille à plume [vidéoclip officiel]

What this video is

Released in 2006, 'Fille à plume' emerged at the peak of Montreal's international indie rock moment, catalysed by The Arcade Fire's 2004 breakthrough. Malajube distinguished themselves as one of the rare francophone Quebec acts to penetrate English-Canadian and American indie press, earning a Polaris Music Prize shortlist nomination — the first francophone album to do so. The video's stark, desaturated,…

Why it matters

A key artifact of mid-2000s Québec francophone indie rock's international breakthrough moment. The video's lo-fi, dark visual identity reinforces Malajube's positioning as an art-rock outlier within both the French-language Quebec pop landscape and the English-dominant Montreal indie scene.…

The director

Carnior Steve Landry is a Quebec-based filmmaker, actor, and writer. His directorial work spans music videos, short films, and TV co-direction. Confirmed credits include short films Enfin Fevrier (2007), Le Pont (2015), Sang mêlé (2015), and the feature…