In Canada’s Far North, men live in the heart of a wilderness, isolated from the world. They chose this region for its beauty. Yet, by their mining activity, they contribute to destroy it.
North tells the ambivalence of the relationship of these men to their territory and to nature.
The Crew
Direction, image & editing
Leslie LAGIER
Sound
Pali MEURSAULT
Gilles BENARDEAU
Music
Eric BENTZ
Format
1.85 – color – 5.1
Running time
48′
Version
English, with french subtitles
Year
2019
Our partners
CNC – Aide avant réalisation
Bourse brouillon d’un rêve – SCAM
SACEM
Festival de Brive – Prix du scénario Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Festivals
- Festival Signes de Nuit (France, 2020) – Night Award
- DokumentART – films & future (Germany 2021)
- Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA, 2021)
- BIFED – Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (Turkey, 2020)
- Camden International Film Festival (USA, 2020)
- Festival du film international nature & environnement (France, 2020)
- FLiMM – Festival Libre du Moyen Métrage (France, 2020)
- Festival du moyen métrage de Brive la Gaillarde (France, 2020)
- Trento Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- Les inattendus (France, 2020)
- Tromsø International Film Festival (Norway, 2020)
- Portobello Film Festival (UK, 2019)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2019)
- Aux écrans du réel (France, 2019)
- Etats généraux du film documentaire de Lussas (France, 2019)