Le nord au coeur
Since 1984, Rapide-Blanc has offered original and committed cinema in the image of its founders. After celebrating their 35 years at the Cinémathèque as part of RIDM 2019, Rapide-Blanc is now offering a series of 4 more recent films from its catalog.
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
Presented by Productions Rapide-Blanc
Le Nord au Coeur offers us a larger-than-life character, a pioneer of geography and a great defender of aboriginality: Louis-Edmond Hamelin.
This recognized intellectual, this geographer and linguist whose books have been honored is also an inspired creator, who knew how to invent the words that were missing to describe our northernness. A "famous unknown" to be discovered thanks to the images always full of truth, humor and sensitivity of filmmaker Serge Giguère.
Serge Giguère
Serge Giguère is one of the greatest creators of documentary films from recent decades in Quebec. He was the recipient of the Governor General's Award (2008) and the Albert-Tessier Award (2021). Camera assistant for Pierre Perrault, Arthur Lamothe and Jean-Claude Labrecque, he became cameraman for Gilles Groulx (24 heures ou plus) then Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier (Jacques et novembre), Silvia Van Brabant (Remous ; Seul dans mon putain d'univers), Maurice Bulbulian (Chroniques de Nitinaht), Carole Lagagnière (Un toit, un violon, la lune) and Lucie Lambert (Paysage sous les paupières). In 1974, he founded Les films d'aventures sociales du Québec with Robert Tremblay, who co-directed three films with him, including Belle famille (1978). He then directed a series of five films on some of Quebec's most popular cultural figures and the film À force de rêves (Jutra for best documentary, 2007). His most recent film, Les lettres de ma mère (2018), is one of his most inventive and personal.
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Louis-Edmond Hamelin. Photo : Alain Giguère
Louis-Edmond Hamelin. Photo : Alain Giguère
Serge Giguère et Louis-Edmond Hamelin. Photo : Alain Giguère
Elisabeth Ashini et Louis-Edmond Hamelin. Photo : Amis du Mushuau-nipi/Jean-Phlippe L. Messier
Les Productions Rapide-Blanc
Since 1984, Rapide-Blanc has been offering original and committed cinema in the image of its founders. Director and producer Sylvie Van Brabant and filmmaker Serge Giguère set the tone with Depuis que le monde est monde and Oscar Thiffault. Numerous collaborators have since come to Rapide-Blanc to create films that stand out for their sensitivity and topicality. Rapide-Blanc works mainly in the development and production of auteur films and innovative documentaries with a social impact, shown in theatres, festivals and on television.
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