Marie-France en nomination pour meilleure réalisatrice / Marie-France nominated for best director

En 2018, le documentaire autobiographique de Marie-France Guerrette a fait sa première mondiale au FICFA. Nous sommes fiers d’annoncer que Marie-France est finaliste pour meilleure réalisatrice aux 2019 Alberta Film and Television Awards. Sans Maman est produit et distribué par l’Office National du Film du Canada c’est un projet personnel que Marie-France a décidé d’entreprendre en 2015 indépendamment de sa boite de production (Productions Loft).

Le gala et la remise des prix aura lieux le 27 avril , 2019 à Edmonton. Pour plus d’info : https://ampia.org/2019-rosie-nominees/

Sans Maman sera présenté à Edmonton en Première Albertaine au mois de mai. Plus de détails à venir!

In 2018, the autobiographical documentary Unmothered had its world premiere in Moncton at the FICFA Festival. We are proud to share that Marie-France has been nominated in the category of Best Director for a documentary at the 2019 Alberta Film and Television Awards. Unmothered is produced and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada and is an independent project that Marie-France decided to write and direct in 2015.

The Rosie awards will be held in Edmonton on April 27th.

Unmothered will have its Alberta Premiere in May, more details on the screening to come.

On August 31, 1995, tragedy struck the Guerrette family when Mona, a mother of two, died from breast cancer at age 42, leaving behind a husband and their daughters, Mylène and Marie-France. But she also left behind a stirring farewell message that would serve as a testament to her life. How do you survive such a heartbreaking loss when you’re only a child? In putting her life and that of her family up on the big screen, Marie-France Guerrette shares her own private experience of grief with viewers. Interspersed throughout the story, grainy and emotionally charged video footage reconstructs the family mythology. The director points the camera at her loved ones and records heartfelt interviews that have a liberating effect. In the course of her filmmaking journey, the director also discovers an oppressive legacy that she must contend with: the risk of genetic cancer. Gently opening the door to the grieving process, this touching documentary about the filmmaker’s family is a call to action—and a possible roadmap back to the land of the living for anyone who’s ever experienced the devastation of losing a loved one.