| The Botanist | |
| Director: | Maude Plante-Husaruk Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis |
| Producer: | Maude Plante-Husaruk Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis |
| Music: | Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis |
| Cinematography: | Maude Plante-Husaruk |
| Editing: | Maude Plante-Husaruk |
| Studio: | Les Films du 3 mars |
| Runtime: | 20 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | Russian |
The Botanist is a 2016 Canadian documentary short film, directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis.[1] The film is a portrait of Raïmberdi, a Tajik botanist who built his own private hydroelectric power station to serve his family and community during the famine that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.[2]
The film premiered in June 2016 at AFI Docs.[3] It was later screened at the 2016 Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short or Medium-Length Film.[4]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2017.[5]