Call Me Human

Call Me Human
Film poster
FrenchJe m'appelle humain
Directed byKim O'Bomsawin
Written byKim O'Bomsawin
Produced byAndrée-Anne Frenette
StarringJoséphine Bacon
CinematographyHugo Gendron
Michel Valiquette
Edited byAlexandre Lachance
Music byAlain Auger
Production
company
Terre Innue
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) (FCVQ)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesFrench
Innu-aimun

Call Me Human (French: Je m'appelle humain) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2020.[1] The film is a portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.[2]

The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, and had its commercial premiere on November 13.[1]

Awards

At the Quebec City Film festival, the film was cowinner of the Prix Jury collégial with Alexandre Rockwell's Sweet Thing.[4] At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries,[5] and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film.[6]

The film initially received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance).[7] After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category.[8]

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre" Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Cédric Bélanger, "Une histoire d’amitié" Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal de Québec, September 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Valérie Cloutier, "Un Festival de cinéma de la Ville de Québec sur le web" Archived 2020-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, August 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Le film «La déesse des mouches à feu» couronné au FCVQ" Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal de Québec, September 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Cinefest Sudbury announces its 2020 award winners" Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Sudbury Star, October 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Pat Mullen, "Call Me Human Leads VIFF Winners" Archived 2020-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Point of View, September 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021" Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public" Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "Prix collégial du cinéma québécois: «Je m’appelle humain» de Kim O’Bomsawin triomphe". Le Journal de Québec, March 27, 2021.