| Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille | |
| Director: | Jackie Torrens |
| Producer: | Jessica Brown |
| Starring: | Bernie Langille |
| Cinematography: | Kevin Fraser |
| Editing: | Sarah Byrne |
| Studio: | Peep Media |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jackie Torrens and released in 2022.[1] The film follows Bernie Langille, a man who is investigating the 1968 death of his namesake grandfather at CFB Gagetown under mysterious circumstances.[2]
The story is told through a mixture of contemporary footage of the younger Bernie talking about his investigations, old family movies of the older Bernie, and miniature figurine reenactments of the various theories about the death.[2] The film is an expansion of a shorter documentary film Torrens released in 2018.[3]
The film premiered on April 30, 2022, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2022 FIN Atlantic Film Festival,[4] where it won the awards for Best Atlantic Documentary and Best Atlantic Editor (Sarah Byrne).[5]