Tag: Hot Docs

HOT DOCS 2014: Reviews Set 5

HOT DOCS 2014: Reviews Set 5

May 7, 2014 | By

Hot Docs 2014 Reviews, Set 5, include four NFB docs: Absences (2014), Guidelines / La marche à suivre (2014), Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) and Where I’m From / D’où je viens (2014).

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Film: Absences (2014)

Film: Absences (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

As her own mother’s mental health disintegrates from the gradual effects of Alzheimer’s, director Carole Laganière seeks to understand how a major absence effects people (namely adults with traumatic events in their youthful pasts), but in the process of making this film, she also creates an absence…

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Film: Guidelines / La marche à suivre (2014)

Film: Guidelines / La marche à suivre (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

Director Jean-Francois Caissy’s portrait of students at a rural high school in Quebec captures the awkwardness and attitude of unruly teens as they accept and adapt to the school’s behaviour code. The tough discipline from prior eras has been replaced with lengthy progress meetings…

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Film: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)

Film: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

After examining the specific case of a violent act committed by a mentally ill individual in NCR: Not Crimminally Responsible (2013), director John Kastner broadens his scope in this related doc regarding the treatment of patients at Brockville’s Mental Health Centre…

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Film: Where I’m From / D’où je viens (2014)

Film: Where I’m From / D’où je viens (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

Claude Demers’ personal reflections on his childhood in Verdun, a borough in Montreal, Quebec, are conveyed in a slightly experimental narrative design where the director’s impressionistic narration flows over striking images of the city’s waterways and rough streets…

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