| Waiting for Spring | |
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| Director: | Marie-Geneviève Chabot |
| Producer: | Ian Oliveri Ian Quenneville |
| Music: | Freeworm |
| Cinematography: | Karine van Ameringen |
| Editing: | Natalie Lamoureux |
| Studio: | InformAction |
| Distributor: | Les Films du 3 mars |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Waiting for Spring (fr|En attendant le printemps) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2013.[1] The film centres on the town of Chapais in northern Quebec, a struggling former mining community whose residents are quietly resisting the economic pressures to abandon their hometown.[2] It focuses principally on the story of Berny, a retired former miner, and his small group of friends with whom he regularly goes ice fishing in the winter.[3]
The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[4]