Faded Photograph
Synopsis
Faded Photograph is a documentary in which the filmmaker traces the existence of her father, who died when she was 12, through a montage of his memoirs. From family films shot by her paternal grandfather and her father between 1954 and 1998, and the diaries he wrote during his life, the director tells the story of an ordinary man whose personal memory echoes a collective memory : one of a generation bursting out of Quebec's great darkness in which freedom is also synonym of disorientation. Thus begins a dialogue marked by nostalgia, between joyful videos and tormented writings, which soon becomes universal.
Festivals
- RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Canada, 2016.
- Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois, Montreal, Canada, 2017.
- Les Percéides, Percé, Canada, 2017.
- Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Quebec, Canada, 2017.
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada, 2017.
- Festival Pleins Écrans, Montreal, Canada, 2017.
- Bogota Short Film Festival, Colombia, 2017.
- Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (compétition), France, 2018.
Director: Fanie Pelletier
Script: Fanie Pelletier
Narrators: Patrick Labbe, Salome Dion-Corbeil, Fanie Pelletier
Sound design: Luc Raymond, Alain Auger
Editing: Fanie Pelletier
Music: Simon L'Espérance
Production: Fanie Pelletier
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
16:9, 5.1
DCP, Pro Res, H264
Fanie Pelletier is a Montreal-based director and editor. She holds a major in Social Sciences, a BA in Film Production and an MA in Film Studies. In 2016, she directed the short documentary PHOTO JAUNIE (Faded Photograph), which was selected at several festivals including Clermont-Ferrand and won some awards. In 2017, she directed the short documentary film VAGABONDS (Wanderers) for CBC. JOUVENCELLES (Bloom) is her first feature documentary film. The film won the best debut feature film award at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
