WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE

72 min., Documentary, Canada, 2020
Directed byNicolas Lachapelle
Produced byBrousse | Suzel D. Smith et Nicolas Lachapelle
LanguageEnglish
Short description

The harsh winter of a community of squatters in one of the great lost city of America.

Film subjects Society , The Americas , Urban Planning
Regis du cinemas, general

Film details

Synopsis

A group of jilted souls have found refuge inside a forsaken neighbourhood scorched by brutal violence, fire and destruction. They try to build themselves a home but the memories of the place still walk among them. A sensorial reflexion about what we leave of us in the place we’ve been.

 

Credits

Written and directed by Nicolas Lachapelle

Produced by Suzel D. Smith and Nicolas Lachapelle (Brousse)

Cinematography : Nicolas Lachapelle

Editing : Daniel Dietzel

Sound design : Mourad Bennacer

Sound mix : Mourad Bennacer

Music : Mourad Bennacer

Sound : Tiago McNicoll, Bertand Desrochers et Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux

Direction

Nicolas Lachapelle

Nicolas Lachapelle is a journalist, a filmmaker, and the director of many sound documentaries. His works, which explore the relationship to territory through the themes of exile, rootedness, and memory, have been showcased at numerous festivals both in Canada and internationally. In 2022, Nicolas was awarded the Best First Documentary Work prize at the RVCQ. Recently, he received nominations for Best Short Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Canadian Screen Awards.

 

Filmography

THE PUNK OF NATASHQUAN, 20 min, Documentary, 2025

ZUG ISLAND, 22 min, Documentary, 2022

WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE, 72 min, Documentary, 2020

BEYOND THE 138, 60 min, Sound Documentary, 2019

GAS RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS, 10 min, Sound Documentary, 2017

LIGHTS ABOVE WATER, 60 min, Documentary, 2016

Awards

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2022
Prix Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault Montréal
Torino Underground Cinefest 2022
Special Mention ArtInMovimento Magazine Turin