Wandering, a Rohingya Story
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.
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.
Mélanie Carrier & Olivier Higgins
Mélanie Carrier & Olivier Higgins are Quebec-based documentary filmmakers and producers. Their films Asiemut, Encounters, and Québékoisie have garnered numerous awards and have been translated into over twenty languages, with screenings around the globe. In 2021, their film Wandering, a Rohingya Story received critical acclaim and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, along with three Prix Iris, including Best Documentary. Alongside this project, the filmmaking duo also created the museum exhibit Wandering, a Rohingya Story, which was nominated for two Numix Awards and received the Jury's Coup de Cœur Award from the Société des musées du Québec. At Their Height is their fifth film.
