Passages
Directed byMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Written byMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Produced byMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Edited byKara Blake
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Animation byBrigitte Archambault
Production
company
MJSTP Films
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
24 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Passages is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre and released in 2008.[1] Using animation, the film retells the story of the difficult birth of her own daughter Fiona, and the medical complications that potentially threatened her own life.[2]

The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2008.[3] It subsequently received a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Film finders are always on the hunt; Fest programmers are movie sleuths, searching the globe for top flicks". Toronto Star, September 4, 2008.
  2. Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, "Intimités animées : Le cinéma de Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre". Panorama Cinéma, Vol. 5 No. 26.
  3. "TIFF's Top Ten". Vancouver Sun, December 17, 2008.
  4. Mike De Souza, "Greenpeace oilsands documentary up for Genie". CanWest News Service, April 11, 2010.


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