2005-2009
KIYUKTA
40 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
A journey in Nunavut punctuated by captured moments and encounters.
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A GARDEN UNDER THE LINES
116 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
In the heart of a North American city, a cast of retired Haitian and Italian immigrants tend their gardens, planted on a vast vacant lot soon to be replaced by a highway.
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A TENT ON MARS
60 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
Schefferville, a mining town active in the 80s which was since abandonned, is now the new home of the Innu People.
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MY FATHER’S STUDIO
72 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1
In November 2001, Quebec Painter Edmund Alleyn (1931-2004) agreed to be filmed in his Montreal studio by his daughter, filmmaker Jennifer Alleyn. There, something unexpected happened : an authentic encounter, with no beating around the bush, no mask. From a few existential questions –about life, painting, death- thruth emerged. The artist died of cancer in December 2004 before Jennifer could film him again. After inheriting his studio, she found herself in this sacred space, still imbued with the presence and imagination of her father. Her film is an attempt to prolong the dialogue, to find the missing fragments of her father’s life. Edmund Alleyn was an intense and complex man of integrity who left his mark on Canadian art history.
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