Baggage (film)

Baggage
FrenchBagages
Directed byPaul Tom
Written byPaul Tom
Mélissa Lefebvre
Produced byKarine Dubois
CinematographyPaul Tom
Edited byAlain Loiselle
Paul Tom
Music byVincent Lefebvre
Production
company
Picbois Productions
Release date
  • September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16) (FCVQ)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Baggage (French: Bagages) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Paul Tom and released in 2017.[1] The film centres on a group of immigrant students enrolled in a theatre program.[2]

The film won several awards on the film festival circuit, including the prix Télébec for best mid-length film at the 2017 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,[3] the Prix Public for Best Canadian Film at the 2017 Quebec City Film Festival,[4] and the Women Inmate Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal International Documentary Festival.

Following its television broadcast on Télé-Québec in December 2017, it won two Gémeaux Awards in 2018, for Best Documentary Program or Series (Arts and Culture) and Best Direction in a Documentary (Biography, Arts and Culture, Nature, Science or Environment).[5] It was also nominated for Best Writing in a Documentary.[6]

References

  1. ^ Lisa-Marie Gervais, "«Bagages» — Lever le rideau sur des parcours migratoires". Le Devoir, December 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Bagages : de jeunes immigrants qui s’intègrent par le théâtre". Ici Radio-Canada Première, November 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "Un profil pour deux remporte le Grand prix du FCIAT". Ici Radio-Canada, November 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Cédric Bélanger, "«Les rois mongols» obtient le Prix du public". TVA Nouvelles, September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Soirée des artisans des Gémeaux : 5 prix pour le Bye bye 2017". Ici Radio-Canada, September 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "BAGAGES : 3 nominations aux 33es prix Gémeaux – En rappel à Télé-Québec le 23 juin". CTVM, June 19, 2018.
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