$18.50
Documentary / 81 minutes / November 2013 / French and English versions
With the anthropologist Serge Bouchard and the sociologist Pierrot Ross-Tremblay.
At the age of 30, Mélanie and Olivier had traveled the world and met people from all over the globe. But they realized that they had never walked into an Indian reserve in their home country, Canada. So the young couple decided to explore the North Shore of Quebec by bike to better understand the complex relationships between Quebecers and First Nations peoples. Studies show that more than 50% of French Canadians have at least one Native American ancestor. So why is there such a lack of understanding when it comes to Aboriginals? Why are prejudices still so ingrained? What will it take to change things? Their encounters, both planned and spontaneous, include the surprising tale of an Innu man in search of his ancestors in Normandy, and the heart-wrenching story of the sister of Corporal Marcel Lemay, who was killed during the 1990 Oka crisis.
TRAILER
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
Serge Bouchard
Pierrot Ross-Tremblay
Francine Lemay
Marco Bacon et Josée Simard
Anne-Marie, Évelyne et Fernande St-Onge
Eruoma Awashish
Isabelle Kanapé
Malcolm Riverin
Mavis Etienne
Nicolas Dupont
Pierre Emmanuel Bacon
Hélène Vézina
Élisa Uashtessiu-Bacon
FILM CREDITS
Productors – Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins
Directors – Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins
Editors – Myriam Verreault et Olivier Higgins
Director of Photography – Olivier Higgins
Sound Mixing Studio – Audio Zone
Sound Design – Bruno Pucella
Sound Mixing – Martin M. Messier
Research – Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins, Odette DesOrmeaux
Image Postproduction – Studio Élément
Colorization – Éric Denis
Animation and VFX – Mathieu Blouin et Thierry Roussel-Garneau
Graphic Designer – Simon Beaudry
HONORS AND PRIZES
- 2016 Québec City Prize for the cultural work with the greatest international influence (Canada)
- “Golden Palm Award – Documentary Feature Competition”, Mexico International Film Festival 2016
- “Cultural work of the year”, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Québec)
- “Grand Prize – Best Feature Documentary”, Rhode Island International Film Festival 2014 (USA)
- “Best of Fest”, Wakefield International Film Festival 2014 (Canada)
- “Best Feature Documentary”, Dreamspeakers Film Festival 2014 (Canada)
- Nominee for “Best Feature Documentary” at the 2014 Jutra Awards
- “People Choice Award”, Vues sur Mer Documentary Film Festival 2014 (Québec)
- “Best Humanitary doc”, Vues sur Mer Documentary Film Festival 2014 (Québec)
- “Magnus Isacsson Award”, Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2013 (Québec)
AND – AMONG OTHERS
In 2015, at the closure ceremony of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Québékoisie was offered to the judge by the Minister responsible for Native Affairs as a gift from the province of Québec.
- Broadcast for 15 weeks at Cinéma Cartier (Québec city) and 5 weeks at Cinéma Beaubien (Montréal) in 2014
- TOP 5 most viewed Canadian films in theaters in Canada for four weeks (Jan. – Feb. 2014)
- TOP 3 of the most popular documentary films in the history of Cinéma Beaubien (in Montreal)
Broadcast in nearly 200 countries and territories, in about twenty languages, on TV5 MONDE and integrated as a reference into the best seller travel guide about Québec “Le Petit Futé”.
You can download the following documents or images:
- Film Poster – high quality – 24×36
- Film Poster – web format
- Press kit
- Directors’ Bio
- Directors’ Picture
- Visit the GALLERY to download images from the film
Note that the list of screenings below includes only screenings of the English subtitled version. To see the full list of screenings in the original French version, click “FRANÇAIS” on the top corner and go to “PROJECTIONS”. The DVD available on our online shop includes the English substitled version.
- ORLANDO FILM FESTIVAL, USA – oct. 21st to 25th
- MAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Waterville, USA – july 10th to 19th
- HOBOKEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Middletown, NY, USA – May 29 mai to june 4th
- FESTIVAL CINÉMA DU MONDE DE SHERBROOKE, Canada – April 11
- PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA – March 30th and April 1st and 2nd
- WORLD COMMUNITY FILM FESTIVAL, Kelowna, Canada – March 15th
- REEL WORLD FILM FESTVIAL, Toronto, Canada – March 7th
- PROVIDENCE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL, USA – March 1st and 3rd
- FESTIVAL CINEMA ON THE BAYOU, Louisiana, USA – January 22nd
- ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Alaska, USA – December 5th 2014
- REGENT PARK FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, Canada – 19 au 22 November
- AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, USA – November 9th 2014
- BRANTFORD FILM FESTIVAL, Ontario, Canada – November 2014
- THE FUNDY FILM SOCIETY, Wolfville, Nova Scotia – October 8th 2014
- YELLOWKNIFE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Northwest Territories – October 3rd 2014
- RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Providence, USA – August 7th 2014
- DREAMSPEAKERS FILM FESTIVAL, Edmonton – May 29th 2014
- CINÉMA PRINCESS, COWANSVILLE – April 7th and 10th 2014
- WAKEFIELD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – February 15-16th 2014 (opening film)
You can rent and watch Québékoisie online, with English subtitles, on our Vimeo On Demand. The movie is also available on DVD (to order, check the “Add to cart” button on the left ).
