

LEO ON THE WIRE
A film by Kristina Wagenbauer
Narrative short | 2026 | Canada, QC | 22min | English and French | French and English subtitles | 1.66 | Color | 16mm | Stereo, 5.1
A TikTok musician escapes viral fame and wanders through Leonard Cohen’s Montréal, trying to create something real.
CAST
Emilie Bierre
Jackson Kelly
Michelle Tzontchev
Normand Carrière
Penelope Doheny
Ted Pluviose
Tayna V. Lavoie
Luiza Cocora
Viktoria Barkoff
CREW
DIRECTION : Kristina Wagenbauer
SCREENPLAY : Kristina Wagenbauer
PRODUCTION : Kristina Wagenbauer (Somebody Films)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION : Émilie Bierre, Jackson Kelly
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Xavier Bossé
EDITING : Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
SOUND DESIGN : André Ouellette
SOUND MIXING : Isabelle Lussier
MUSIC : Jean-Sebastien Williams

FESTIVALS
- - 2026 -
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Kristina Wagenbauer
Kristina Wagenbauer is a Montreal-based filmmaker. Her films have screened at more than 150 festivals, including Locarno, the Festival du nouveau cinéma, and Oberhausen. She co-wrote and directed Sashinka, her first feature film, followed by the documentary Babushka, both nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards and the Prix du cinéma québécois. She also directed two episodes of the Swiss series La vie devant for RTS. Her most recent short film, Leo on the Wire, is beginning its festival run, while she develops several feature films, including Superluminal and Santa Barbara.
FILMOGRAPHIE
2009 : Particules - court métrage
2010 : Fuite - court métrage
2010 : Bowling chez Denise - Court métrage
2013 : Mila - Court métrage
2014 : Ailleurs exactement - Court métrage
2017 : Sashinka - Long métrage
2019 : Aujourd'hui ou je meurs - court métrage
2021: Babushka - court métrage
2022: Avoir l'âge - serie








