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Wandering, a Rohingya Story

Errance sans retour
Location
Fernand-Seguin screening room
Date
June 11th - 12th, 2021
Duration
87 min
Cycle
New releases

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.

Lauréat de 3 Prix Iris : Meilleur film documentaire, Meilleure direction de la photographie | Film documentaire et Meilleur montage | Film documentaire.

Wandering
Directed by
Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier
Language
VOSTF
Origins
Quebec
Year
2020
Duration
87 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
DCP
Synopsis

The documentary film Wandering, a Rohingya Story is an immersive, poetic and powerful look into the biggest refugee camp in the world, the Kutupalong refugee camp. In 2017, within a few months, 700,000 people of the Rohingya Muslim minority fled Myanmar (formerly Burma) to escape genocide and seek asylum in Bangladesh. Between poetry and nightmares, food distribution and soccer games, the Rohingyas of Kutupalong camp bear witness to their daily lives and to the ghosts of the past.

Wandering
Wandering - VOSTF
Awards

Olivier Higgins & Mélanie Carrier' Biographies

Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier are the directors and producers of Asiemut (2007), Encounters (2011) and Québékoisie (2014). Their films have been shown on international broadcasters including ARTE, RTBF, TSR, TV5 MONDE and AL JAZEERA. Their documentary Asiemut won several Grand Prizes in many of the most prestigious mountain film festivals around the world, such as Banff, Graz, Les Diablerets and Cervino. Québékoisie was awarded at the RIDM and RIFF. The two directors received funding from major organizations like Telefilm, SODEC, the National Film Board of Canada and Canada Council for the Arts. In 2020, Higgins and Carrier completed the conception of a multidisciplinary exhibition at the National Museum of the Art of Quebec, inspired by their latest feature documentary Wandering, a Rohingya Story.

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