South Shore (film)
South Shore (French: Rive-Sud) is a 2019 Canadian hybrid documentary-drama film written, directed, and self-produced by Jean-Charles Moyen, a French-born filmmaker and secret space program (SSP) experiencer based in Quebec. The film investigates alien abduction and unexplained disappearances, using Mont-Rigaud in Quebec as its central location, and is structured as a "documentary fiction based on true events" — combining real witness interviews with dramatic sequences in which Moyen plays a character called Jonathan Fox.
Production
The film took seven years from inception to completion and was entirely self-funded by Moyen, who sold his home to finance it. Approximately 95% of the editing and visual effects was performed by Moyen personally, working up to twenty hours a day over two years without assistance, on a schedule that left him sleeping only two to three hours per night. Moyen's wife appears as co-lead, playing the role of Annabelle Parker, a police officer partnered with Moyen's character. Action sequences feature real martial artists and friends of Moyen trained in multiple disciplines including UFC-style combat and ninjutsu, which Moyen has practised personally since his mid-thirties.
Moyen describes the film as guided by a higher purpose, stating that beings he has been in contact with since childhood assisted him during the creative process — entering his awareness during long editing sessions and directing him toward specific choices.
Content and themes
The film presents investigations into disappearances — drawing on Moyen's MUFON fieldwork and witness testimony gathered in Quebec and beyond — and uses the Mont-Rigaud mountain area as its narrative center. Moyen describes the mountain as a locale with a significant history of UFO sightings and entity encounters, including reports of tall Grays, short Grays, and Reptilians from local witnesses. The stated mission of the film is to give voice to abductees who feel they cannot speak publicly and to raise awareness of ongoing disappearances connected to non-human activity, including cases involving both alien and military-human joint operations.
Original title and creative intent
Moyen later disclosed that the original intended title of the first film was Diaries of an Abductee, reflecting its basis in his personal experiences. He was advised — in language he later characterised as threatening — to present the material as fiction rather than a factual account, because "people are not ready for that." He complied, embedding "real events inside, like keys inside the movie to awaken the people." With the production of the sequel, Moyen reversed course, stating openly that the film series was "about my real life as a super soldier in space" and that he no longer wished to maintain the fiction framing.
Distribution and translations
By late 2023, both the original South Shore and the sequel South Shore: Origin 2 were available on Moyen's personal website (jc-moyen.com) with subtitles in English, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Reception and sequel
Michael Salla viewed the film and endorsed it, agreeing to appear as a cameo in the sequel at a period when Moyen was in contact with Salla prior to a Montreal conference appearance. Moyen describes the endorsement as a pivotal moment in his public career. As of the 2019 interview, the film was available for viewing on Vimeo with English and Spanish subtitles. The sequel, South Shore: Origin 2 (Rive-Sud Origine 2, 2023), was subsequently produced over three years and expands the narrative to include secret space program and Draco Reptilian encounters consistent with Moyen's SSP testimony.