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Belle River

Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin / 2022 / 11 min. / Canada

Synopsis

2019. Spring flooding in Mississippi hits record highs. In Louisiana, the residents of Pierre-Part are preparing for the worst. Barring an unexpected turn of events, local authorities will soon be forced to open the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway, in order to save the cities of New-Orleans and Bâton-Rouge from further uncontrolled flooding. Faith and resilience are the two best weapons they still have in the face of uncertainty.

Cast & Crew

  • Screenplay : Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin
  • Cinematographer : Yannick Nolin
  • Editor : Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin
  • Sound : Mathieu Grégoire
  • Sound mix : Jean-Paul Vialard
  • Sound editor : Mathieu Grégoire
  • Music : The Lost Bayou Ramblers
  • Cast : Madame et Monsieur Daigle, Anne-Marie Cavalier
  • Production : Jean-Pierre Vézina / Kinomada

Genre

Documentaire

Topics

Culture and society, Environment, Portrait

Trailer

Biography

Following the making of the short documentaries Laissez les bons temps rouler (2017) and Acadiana (2019), which both take place in Cajun country, we wanted to continue our reflections by concluding our Louisiana trilogy through a final essay entitled Belle River (2022). 

Where Laissez les bons temps rouler dealt with the folkloric and cultural heritage of the Cajun people, and Acadiana, with the apparent social disruption that divides the inhabitants of the United States, Belle River focuses on the Louisiana territory and its peaceful inhabitants, who both find themselves threatened with dissolution by the emergence of the climate crisis. 

Past, present, future : three times for three distinct films, which complement each other, add up.

Filmography

  • 2017
    Laissez les bons temps rouler / 7 min.
  • 2019
    Acadiana / 9 min.

Festivals

- 2022 -

Festival du court Clermont Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finlande
SXSW, Austin, USA
REGARD, Chicoutimi, Québec
Vues sur mer, Gaspésie, Québec
Aspen Shortsfest, Aspen, USA
Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada
Prends ça court, Montréal, Québec | PLANÈTE + Prix AQCC
DOXA, Vancouver, Canada
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japon 
CinemAmbiente – Environmental Film Festival, Turin, Italie
Leiden International Short Film Festival, Leiden, Pays-Bas
Palm Springs International ShortFest, Palm Springs, USA
Atlanta Shortfest, Atlanta, USA
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Montréal, Québec | Prix de la cinématographie 2022
Fantasia Film Festival, Montréal, Québec | Prix On tourne vert 2022
Courts d'un soir, Montréal, Québec
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Rhode Island, USA
Les Percéïdes, Gaspésie, Québec
Interaction: Short Docs Festival, Požega, Serbia
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brésil
Concorto film festival, Pontenure, Italie
Le long week-end du court, Trois-Rivières, Québec
Minikino Film Week (MFW), Denpsar, Indonésie
Festival Off-courts, Trouville, France
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Sudbury, Canada
Orvieto Cinema Fest, Orvieto, Italie
Lunenburg Doc Fest, Lunenburg, Canada
DMZ Docs, Goyang/Paju, Corée du Sud
Original Thinkers, Telluride, USA
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Bolton International Film Festival, Bolton, UK
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Festival SPASM, Montréal, Québec
Festival Jóvenes Realizadores - Granada Film Fest    Grenade, Espagne
Cinémania, Montréal, Québec
St-Louis Film Festival, Missouri, USA
Aesthetica short film festival, York, UK
Festival du Film Français de Jeju, Jeju, Corée du Sud
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK
Ojai Film Festival, Ojai, USA
Fenêtres sur courts, Dijon, France
Images en vues, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec | Meilleur court métrage Québécois
FICFA, Moncton, Canada
Miami short Film Festival, Miami, USA
interfilm Berlin, Berlin, Allemagne
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, USA
Ouaga Côté Court, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Amarcort Film Festival, Rimili, Italie | Special Mention - Best Documentary
CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
Aguilar Film Festival, Aguilar do Campo, Espagne
Séquence Court-Métrage, Toulouse, France
Gimme Some Truth, Winnipeg, Canada

- 2023 -

Minimalen Short Film Festival, Tromdheim, Norvège
Plein(s) Ecran(s), Montréal, Québec
Festival International du Film Politique de Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France
FIPADOC, Biarritz, France
MyFrenchFilmFestival, Monde (en ligne)
Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette, USA
Canada Top Ten TIFF, Toronto, Canada | Official selection
Vues dans la tête..., Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Nevada City, USA
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Oxford Film Festival, Oxford Mississippi, USA
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Kingston, Canada
Belleville Downtown Docfest, Belleville, Ontario
Environmental film festival in thenation Capital DCEFF, Washington, EUA
International Short Film Week Regensburg, Regensburg, Allemagne
Festival du Film Environnemental, Poitiers, France
Tout Court - Nuevo Voci del Cinema Francofono, Bologne, Italie
RAI FILM FESTIVAL, Londres, UK
Wow Film Festival, Wales, UK
Princeton Environnemental Film Festival, Princeton, USA
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, USA
Festival du Film francophone de Vienne, Vienne, Autriche
Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, USA
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS    Riga, Lettonie
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, Californie, USA
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Flagstaff, USA
Orbe Terraqueo, Bergame, Italie
Human Rights Film Festival of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Espagne
Vues d'Afrique, Montréal, Québec
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Iowa, USA
Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norvège
ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Roumanie
LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival, Sassari, Italie
MECAL Festival International of Short Film    Barcelona, Espagne
Terre da Film Festival, Canelli, Italie | Meilleur film
Festival Résistances, Foix, France
Festival de Films pour l'Environnement, Saint-Casimir, Québec
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Weiterstadt, Allemagne
BNP Paribas Green Festival (Krakow Green Film Festival), Cracovie, Pologne 
Courts Circuit 66, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
FCVQ, Québec, Québec
Montrose Land X Sea Film Festival, Montrose, Scotland
Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, Gaète, Italie
CineEco 2023 - 29th Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival, Seia, Portugal
Lima Alterna International Film Festival, Lima, Pérou
New West Film Festival, New Westminster
Devour! The Food Film Fest, Wolfville, Nouvelle Écosse
20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Allemagne
Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, Trinidad et Tobaggo
Canberra Short Film Festival, Canberra, Australie
Soria International Short Film Fest, Soria, Espagne | Best Documentary Short
Southern Screen Festival, Lafayette, USA
Nomination Prix Iris - Catégorie Court Métrage Documentaire, Montréal, Québec
Nomination Sprint Gala, Québec 

- 2024 -

Big Water Film Festival, Ashland, USA
SHORT FILM BREAKS, Ilfov, Roumanie
Blue Water Film Festival, San Diego, USA
Ortometraggi Film Festival, Turin, Italie | Best Documentary Short
Aesthetica short film festival, York, UK
Festival International de films de spiritualité - éthique - religion (Prix Farel), Neuchâtel, Suisse
FIFAVA Anglet, Anglet, France | Prix meilleur documentaire
Les Yeux Dans l'Eau 2025 - festival international du film de rivière, Vallée de la Drôme, France
Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC), Marseille, France

Photos

Belle River - Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin - 2022
Belle River - Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin - 2022
Belle River - Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin - 2022

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