5 Shorts Project/Projet 5 courts
August 7, 2020 12:24 PM Subscribe
The National Film Board of Canada's 5 Shorts Project "explores the short documentary genre by working with artist-run centres or production centres throughout the various regions of Quebec," and the fourth edition consists of films "created by a filmmaker-sound artist duo: Attuned (Steve Verreault and Sébastien Dave Tremblay) [NFB | YouTube], Mounds (Nicolas Paquet and Tom Jacques) [NFB | YouTube], It'll Be Nice Out Tomorrow (Guillaume Lévesque and Antoine Létourneau-Berger) [NFB | YouTube] and Night Fair (Cynthia Naggar and Gueze) [NFB | YouTube]."
Earlier editions of the 5 Shorts Project:
First Edition
Discover films from the very first edition of the 5 Shorts Project! This initiative, launched by the National Film Board of Canada and produced in conjunction with Quebec artist-run centers, brings forth short documentaries entirely shot in digital 4K. Innovative, surprising and thought-provoking, this first edition introduces us to work of 5 talented independent filmmakers.
Second Edition, Saguenay - Lac St. Jean
This second edition was created in partnership with La bande Sonimage, a Saguenay-based organization that supports cinema and video production in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. All shot with Bolex digital cameras, these 5 fascinating shorts are both stunningly beautiful and retro-looking.
Third Edition: Abitibi-Témiscamingue
The third edition of 5 Shorts Project features, for the first time, five female directors, two of whom hail from the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community. This year, Émilie Villeneuve (Granny and Mia), Evelyne Papatie (Children of the Nomad), Délia Gunn (Délia 9 to 5), Jessy Poulin (The Mental Load for Dummies), and Gabrielle Cornellier (Toes Heels Toes Heels) took up the challenge of creating a very short film for the web. These films—moving, funny, and powerful—have distinctive styles, and all take a direct, meaningful, and uninhibited look at the family, the community, and the world.
YouTube playlist for all four editions.
Earlier editions of the 5 Shorts Project:
First Edition
Discover films from the very first edition of the 5 Shorts Project! This initiative, launched by the National Film Board of Canada and produced in conjunction with Quebec artist-run centers, brings forth short documentaries entirely shot in digital 4K. Innovative, surprising and thought-provoking, this first edition introduces us to work of 5 talented independent filmmakers.
Second Edition, Saguenay - Lac St. Jean
This second edition was created in partnership with La bande Sonimage, a Saguenay-based organization that supports cinema and video production in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. All shot with Bolex digital cameras, these 5 fascinating shorts are both stunningly beautiful and retro-looking.
Third Edition: Abitibi-Témiscamingue
The third edition of 5 Shorts Project features, for the first time, five female directors, two of whom hail from the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community. This year, Émilie Villeneuve (Granny and Mia), Evelyne Papatie (Children of the Nomad), Délia Gunn (Délia 9 to 5), Jessy Poulin (The Mental Load for Dummies), and Gabrielle Cornellier (Toes Heels Toes Heels) took up the challenge of creating a very short film for the web. These films—moving, funny, and powerful—have distinctive styles, and all take a direct, meaningful, and uninhibited look at the family, the community, and the world.
YouTube playlist for all four editions.
These are great, and beautifully shot! My favorites so far are Mounds and It'll Be Nice Out Tomorrow from this year and Children of the Nomad, Dialogue(s), and Hell Runs on Gasoline! from previous years, but I haven't watched them all yet.
Those peat-vacuuming machines in Mounds remind me of the spice harvesters from Lynch's Dune. Apparently Mounds was inspired by a feature-length doc from 1979 about peat harvesters in Bas-Saint-Laurent called De la tourbe et du restant.
posted by theory at 12:45 PM on August 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
Those peat-vacuuming machines in Mounds remind me of the spice harvesters from Lynch's Dune. Apparently Mounds was inspired by a feature-length doc from 1979 about peat harvesters in Bas-Saint-Laurent called De la tourbe et du restant.
posted by theory at 12:45 PM on August 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
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