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Rituals

David Gamache / 2015 / 15 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

A documentary essay that reveals the symbolics of human actions through mundane gestures.

Cast & Crew

  • Direction : David Gamache
  • Direction of photography : David Gamache
  • Editing : David Gamache
  • Sound : David Gamache

Genre

Documentaire

Topics

Quebec, Sports, Elderly

Trailer

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Biography

Born in Bas-Saint-Laurent, David Gamache studied human sciences at Cégep de Rivière-du-loup. At the age of 29, animated by an interest in documentary, he enrolled at the School of Cinema and Video Professions in the program The Art of Editing: Cinema-TV-Web as well as in Techniques of Realization of documentary films. Parallel to his studies, he directed two short films, including Ni vu and known, which received a warm welcome in some festivals internationally. He has recently directed a third short documentary, in which he is interested in human rituals using this time a more experimental cinematographic approach.

Festivals

- 2015 -
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), Canada
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada

- 2016 -
Festival du film étudiant de Québec, Canada
Le sémaphore, Canada International Short Film Festival | interfilm Berlin, Germany
Festival du cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, USA
Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec, Canada

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