Belle River is a 2022 Canadian short documentary film directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin.[1] The third film in a trilogy about Cajun culture in Louisiana following the films Let the Good Times Roll (Laissez les bon temps rouler) in 2017 and Acadiana in 2019, the film profiles the residents of Pierre Part as they cope with the threat of their community being flooded by the possible but ultimately averted opening of the Morganza Spillway during the Mississippi River floods of 2019.[2]
| Belle River | |
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| Directed by | Guillaume Fournier Samuel Matteau Yannick Nolin |
| Written by | Guillaume Fournier Samuel Matteau Yannick Nolin |
| Produced by | Guillaume Fournier Samuel Matteau Yannick Nolin |
| Cinematography | Yannick Nolin |
| Edited by | Guillaume Fournier Samuel Matteau Yannick Nolin |
Production company | Projet Kinomada |
| Distributed by | SPIRA |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film premiered at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[3] It had its North American premiere at SXSW,[4] and was later screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival[5] and the DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[2]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[6] It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[7]
References
edit- ^ "« BELLE RIVER » présenté à SXSW, au Tampere Film Festival et à REGARD". CTVM, March 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Daina Lawrence, "This Town Doesn’t Blame Climate Change for its Floods". Asparagus, May 12, 2022.
- ^ "SPIRA à Clermont-Ferrand : « BELLE RIVER » et « OUSMANE » présentés en compétition officielle". CTVM, December 16, 2021.
- ^ Alexandre Vigneault, "TROIS PROJETS QUÉBÉCOIS PRÉSENTÉS AU TEXAS". La Presse, March 11, 2022.
- ^ "PLUSIEURS OEUVRES QUÉBÉCOISES PRÉSENTÉES À HOT DOCS". Québec Cinéma, April 8, 2022.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
External links
edit- Belle River at IMDb
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