Passages (2008 film) explained

Passages
Director:Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Producer:Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Animator:Brigitte Archambault
Editing:Kara Blake
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Studio:MJSTP Films
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:24 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

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]

Notes and References

  1. "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.