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Passages

Caroline Côté et Florence Pelletier / 2020 / 77 min. / 52 min. / Canada / FRENCH, ENGLISH, Inuktitut / SUBS FRENCH, ENGLISH

Synopsis

Five women from the North to the South of Quebec embark on a multisport expedition following the Koroc river in Nunavik. Travelling together against adversity, this journey soon becomes one of self-discovery for each participant.

Cast & Crew

  • Screenplay : Caroline Côté et Florence Pelletier
  • Cinematographer : Samuel Trudelle
  • Editor : Louis Chevalier-Dagenais
  • Sound : Vincent Desrochers
  • Sound mix : Nicolas Dallaire
  • Music / Sound editor : Ilyaa Ghafouri
  • Artistic director : Julien Hébert
  • Cast : Dominique Cormier, Katrena Cooper Barrett, Christine Bérubé- Martin
  • Production : Les Films Denali

Genre

Documentaire

Topics

Adventure, Women and feminism, Sports

Trailer

Biography

Caroline Côté is an adventure filmmaker specialised in filming in distant or extreme conditions. She has taken part and documented four major expeditions (XP Antarctik, Pull of the North, Qamaniq, and ÉlectrON), some in as-yet-unexplored regions of the globe, enjoying complete autonomy. From Antarctica to Yukon, through Alaska and Northern Québec, she returns with tales about nature conservation and learning how to surpass oneself. Caroline is also an ultramarathon runner who loves running in high altitude (85 km, 125 km, or 160 km). Caroline Côté is one of Québec's great ambassadors in the field of adventure documentary filmmaking, and is well-respected world-wide.

Since 2011, Florence Pelletier has had the chance to write and direct several short films and documentaries that have appeared at festivals in Québec and overseas. In 2013, alongside Juliette Gosselin, Florence co-directed the fiction short film Mes anges à tête noire, which won the Horizon Award at Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Florence's short drama Bromance was presented at AirCanada Enroute Festival. Later that year, her short comedy Fondue chinoise brought home ‘Jury Prize’ at the Montreal World Film Festival. Together with her trail-running partner Caroline Côté, Florence co-directed two short documentaries in 2017. L'affront des cimes tells the story of a Canadian alpinist returning to the mountains after the loss of her close friend during a storm on the peak of Mount Rainier. Qamaniq follows an all-women trail-running expedition in Nunavik. Passages is their first feature length documentary.

Festivals

- 2020 -
In competition | St-John's International Women's Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Festival International du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA), Canada

- 2021 -
In competition | Lady Wild Film Fest, USA
In competition | Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Festival de films féministes - Filministes, Canada
In competition | Vancouver International Women Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Festival Vues sur mer, Canada
In competition | Ulju Mountain FIlm Festival, South Korea
In competition | Wasatch Mountain Film Festival, USA
In competition | Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In competition | Millenium International Festival, Belgium
In competition | London Mountain Film Festival, United Kingdom
In competition | Carpathian Mountain International Film Festival (CMIFF), Ukraine
In competition | GAFF - Galil Adventure Film Festival, Israel
In competition | Ojai Film Festival, USA
In competition | Festival International de Cinéma de Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
In competition | Femmes en montagne, France

- 2022 -
In competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In competition | Festival Les Rendez-Vous de l'Aventure, France
In competition | What A Trip Festival, France

Festivals

[ Available in virtual cinema ]

The film is available in virtual cinema via the Cinéma Beaubien, du Parc & du Musée and the Cinéma Le Clap’s platforms.

For all details : https://linktr.ee/traversees

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