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Our Hands
Synopsis
A contemporary dance artist and a home for the elderly resident meet on a winter's morning. Their places on the timeline are not the same, but they share their concerns and experiences of old age in a sisterly way. Charged with great tenderness, Our Hands is born of the desire to reconcile this important and dizzying phase of life: old age.
Cast & Crew
- Screenplay, cinematographer, editor : Josiane Roberge
- Texts : Denise Desautels, Marie-Noëlle Goy, Josiane Roberge
- Narration : Denise Desautels, Josiane Roberge
- Sound mix, Sound Design, Music : Simon Elmaleh
- Cast : Angélique Amyot, Sarah Audet, Marie-Chantal Béland, Maxime Boutet, Jeanne Forest Soucy, Annie Gagnon, Marie-Noëlle Goy, Maya Guy, Alice Vandermele
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Biography
Josiane Roberge has presented her visual arts work in America, Europe and Africa at various events and exhibitions. She is very involved in her community and contributes to its vitality by getting involved with its various artist-run centres. In addition to her work in visual and media arts, she actively works as a director and video editor in Quebec City.
Festivals
[2025] Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montréal, Canada
[2025] Vues sur mer, Gaspé, Canada
[2025] Flatpack Festival, Birmigham, UK
[2025] Gimli Film Festival, Canada
[2025] Mill of Performing Arts, Larissa, Greece
[2025] MedFest Egypt, Le Caire, Egypt
[2025] Wilddogs International Screendance Film Festival, Calgary, Canada | Best documentary
[2025] Brussels International Women's Film Festival, Belgium
[2025] DOCSMX, Mexico
[2025] San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA
[2025] International Meeting on Videodance and Videoperformance, Valence, Spain
Director's statement
Our Hands was created in collaboration with Le Papillon Blanc Danse, a non-profit organization founded in 2013 that intervenes in healthcare settings to meet vulnerable, sick and frail people through the medium of contemporary dance. From January to February 2023, I followed the organization and its dancers through their process to inspire me to create a personal work that reflects my questions about old age, bringing to the fore all the beauty and grace that these essential encounters between dancers and residents have been able to evoke in me.
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