Synopsis

Passionate about living heritage and navigation on the St. Lawrence, Kevin Gagné and Raymond Lachance build the most beautiful dream machine of all: a gleaming ice canoe. Inspired by the importance of passing on a rich culture and endangered know-how, their boatyard ignites the spark of rediscovered knowledge and memory from one generation to the next. The better to pass on to their children, grandchildren and an entire community.

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Team

Screenplay: Bruno Boulianne

Photo direction: Alex Margineanu

Sound recording: Stéphane Barsalou

Editing: Vincent Guignard

Sound design: Mélanie Gauthier

Music: Alexis Dumais

Protagonists : Kevin Gagné, Raymond Lachance, Johanne Simard, Gilles Gagné, Paul Lachance

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Tara Emory, veteran sex-industry artist confronts a family history of hoarding through art as she faces eviction from her studio Wonderland.

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Gérard and Catherine sacrificed family, friends and their homeland of Belgium for a life of self-sufficiency deep in the boreal forest of Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. Now fifteen years later, as their three sons become young adults, what will happen to this remarkable life they’ve given everything to create? What makes the intense demands and sacrifices of this life worth it? What does it mean to truly appreciate and live with nature? And what can we learn from this inspiring family? The Family of the Forest ponders these questions with a poetic sensitivity while joining the Jacob-Mathar family at a pivotal time: as Côme, Ossyane, and Jonas emerge into adulthood. Gérard and Catherine complete an ambitious plan to keep sons close to family and forest.

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We often contemplate it, but do we really know it? Filmmaker Félix Lamarche (Terres fantômes, RIDM 2019) invites us to rediscover the St. Lawrence River in the heart of winter. To do so, he embarks on the Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, and travels through the icy expanses while interviewing scientists who share their passion. Between the contemplative observation of the majestic movements of the ice floes and the microscopic observation of the fascinating creatures that live there, this documentary takes the form of a visual and spiritual journey. Between the infinitely large and the infinitely small, the film leads us to meditate on our ignorance while marveling at the unfathomable mysteries of life and the underwater world. (Apolline Caron-Ottavi)