Essentiels
The Prix RÉALS aim to recognize ARRQ members who have demonstrated daring, originality, and/or taken creative and narrative risks in their work, or in a part of their work (such as a scene, title sequence, technological innovation, shot, etc.) that was broadcast over the past year.
In the presence of Ky Vy Le Duc
Winner of the Prix RÉAL 2024 - Prix du jury
By chronicling the lives of asylum seekers and temporary workers in precarious jobs, Essentiels highlights their vulnerability while also showing our dependence on their services. These people feed and care for us at low cost and under difficult conditions. This powerful film makes us realize that many sectors of our society depend on an immigrant workforce willing to live in precarious conditions in the hope that their sacrifices will provide a better life for their loved ones. Are we aware that our comfort depends on the labor of these human beings who serve us?
Ky Vy Le Duc
Ky Vy Le Duc has been a filmmaker for nearly 15 years. Recently, he directed Décoloniser l’histoire and Briser le code – Le Lexique for Télé-Québec. At Radio-Canada, he collaborated with RAD as well as the show Décrypteurs. He has also worked in advertising, notably with the agency Sid Lee. His parents arrived in Quebec as Vietnamese refugees in 1979, and his work focuses on issues of identity and immigration. Ky Vy is also a member of the Young Leaders Committee for the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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