Resurrecting Hassan Explained

Resurrecting Hassan
Native Name:
Director:Carlo Guillermo Proto
Producer:Carlo Guillermo Proto
Roxanne Sayegh
Pablo Villegas
Maria Paz Gonzalez
Music:Olivier Alary
Cinematography:Carlo Guillermo Proto
Editing:Carlo Guillermo Proto
Lorenzo Mora
Studio:Handshake Productions
Distributor:Les Films du 3 mars
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English
French

Resurrecting Hassan (French: La résurrection d’Hassan) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carlo Guillermo Proto and released in 2016.[1] The documentary centres on the Hartings, a family of blind musicians in Montreal who supported themselves by busking in the Guy-Concordia station of the Montreal Metro.[1]

The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival in November 2016.[2]

Awards

The film was screened at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize.[3]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Proto).[4] It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.[5]

Resurrecting Hassan was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2018.[6]

Notes and References

  1. "Documentary's existence a minor miracle in itself; Resurrecting Hassan captures the tragedy and struggles of a family of blind musicians". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 2017.
  2. "11 Days, 128 films at doc fest". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 2016.
  3. "12 awards announced at the Hot Docs film festival for documentaries in Toronto". Canadian Press, May 5, 2017.
  4. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions". Cinemablographer, March 11, 2018.
  5. Web site: Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma . June 3, 2018 . Radio-Canada.
  6. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1091519/fim-robert-morin-prix-collegial-cinema-quebecois "Le problème d'infiltration remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois"