Our films awarded at the RIDM 2017

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4 films awarded at the RIDM

 

Montreal, November 21, 2017, Les Films du 3 mars is proud to announce that four of its films presented this year as part of the 20th edition of the RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival have been awarded. Laura Bari (Primas), Émilie Beaulieu-Guérette (The Other Rio), Jean-François Lesage (The Hidden River) and Jacquelyn Mills (In the Waves) were honored at the Festival Awards ceremony on Saturday night.

 

 

The Hidden River by Jean-François Lesage

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – CANADIAN FEATURE

 

The special jury prize went to Jean-François Lesage’s The Hidden River, “for making a natural phenomenon a protagonist, and for the precision and elegance with which the film describes even ordinary existential issues.”

 

Production : Les Films de l’Autre

 

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Primas by Laura Bari

 

SPECIAL MENTION

 

The Canadian feature jury awarded a special mention to Primas by Laura Bari.

 

Production : GreenGround Productions et BesoFilm

 

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In The Waves by Jacquelyn Mills

 

BEST CANADIAN SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

 

The award for best Canadian short or medium-length film was presented to Jacquelyn Mills for In the Waves. The film “is a touching meditation that transcends the personal, elegantly steering a course from the banal to the deeply philosophical, without ever losing sight of the materiality of everyday routine.”

 

Production : GreenGround Productions

 

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The Other Rio by Émilie B. Guérette

 

BEST CANADIAN SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

 

The award for best Canadian short or medium-length film was presented to Jacquelyn Mills for In the Waves. The film “is a touching meditation that transcends the personal, elegantly steering a course from the banal to the deeply philosophical, without ever losing sight of the materiality of everyday routine.”

 

Production : Colonelle Films

 

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