5 Shorts Project – 3rd edition
Émilie Villeneuve, Évelyne Papatie, Délia Gunn, Jessy Poulin, Gabrielle Cornellier
2018
| 5 x 3 min
Launched by the NFB’s French Documentary Studio under the direction of Colette Loumède, the 5 Shorts Project visits Quebec’s regions to discover new filmmaking talent. After celebrating artists from Quebec City and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, the program now turns its attention to Abitibi-Témiscamingue, where the NFB worked with Nadagam Films, a production company in Val-d’Or headed by Serge Bordeleau.
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.
5 Shorts synopses
GRANNY AND MIA
Synopsis
As viewed through the lens of Émilie Villeneuve, the making of a rainbow cake takes on the magical power of bringing generations together. Mia, the director’s six-year-old daughter, is the amused and mischievous narrator of Granny and Mia, a short film in which she chats with her great-grandmother about school, being left-handed, and her wildest dreams.
Synopsis – short
In this film narrated by a six-year-old girl, the making of a rainbow cake takes on the magical power of bringing generations together.
CHILDREN OF THE NOMAD
Synopsis
Filmmaker Evelyne Papatie, who comes from a large, historically nomadic family, writes a magnificent, poetic letter to her children recounting the family history and heroism of their grandfather. In the autobiographical film Children of the Nomad, the bicycle on which she travelled all over Canada to meet different Indigenous communities becomes a powerful symbol of heritage, communication, and coming together.
Synopsis – short
The filmmaker, who comes from a large nomadic family, writes a magnificent, poetic letter to her children in which the bicycle becomes a powerful symbol of heritage, communication, and coming together.
DÉLIA 9 TO 5
Synopsis
At Réservoir-Dozois in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, director Délia Gunn, eight months pregnant, goes about her daily tasks: caring for children, fetching water, giving baths, and stacking wood. Délia 9 to 5 is a direct, unvarnished, yet tender and humorous portrait of a typical day, from morning to night.
Synopsis – short
A direct, unvarnished, yet tender and humorous portrait of a typical day in the life of director Délia Gunn at Réservoir-Dozois while she is eight months pregnant.
THE MENTAL LOAD FOR DUMMIES
Synopsis
This experiential documentary focuses, with a generous dose of humour and style, on a very serious problem: overwork. We hear the voices of Marie-Claude, 40, Madeleine, 65; Lina, 46; and Chantale, 54—four Abitibi women who do too much. Jessy Poulin invites viewers to reflect on the role of women in the home, on work/life balance, and on the dangers of exhaustion. The Mental Load for Dummies is a direct and much-needed invitation to “take a load off your mind.”
Synopsis – short
In this humorous experiential documentary, four overworked Abitibi women encourage viewers to reflect on work/life balance and the dangers of exhaustion.
TOES HEELS TOES HEELS
Synopsis
In a Rouyn-Noranda community hall, 30 people gather for an introductory line dancing course. People in their 20s and 30s are matched with seniors, while the charming and dynamic instructor, Lorraine Camirand, calls out the dance steps. Directed by Gabrielle Cornellier, Toes Heels Toes Heels documents a fun coming together of generations that uses dance as an opportunity for people to meet, laugh, and spend time with other members of their community.
Synopsis – short
Thirty people from different generations come together in a community hall to learn line dancing with a dynamic instructor, Lorraine Camirand.
Trailer
Directors
Émilie Villeneuve
Director
Photo
Photo : Stephan Ballard
Evelyne Papatie
Director
Photo
Photo : Stephan Ballard
Jessy Poulin
Director
Photo
Photo : Stephan Ballard
Gabrielle Cornellier
Director
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Photo : Stephan Ballard
Délia Gunn
Director
Photo
Photo : Stephan Ballard
Images - GRANNY AND MIA
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Images - CHILDREN OF THE NOMAD
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Images - THE MENTAL LOAD FOR DUMMIES
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Images - DÉLIA 9 TO 5
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Team
NATHALIE CLOUTIER
Producer (NFB)
Photo
Photo : Sophie Quevillon
Serge Bordeleau
Producer (Nadagam films)
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Colette Loumède
Executive Producer (NFB)
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Photo : NFB
Credits
THE MENTAL LOAD FOR DUMMIES
A film by
JESSY POULIN
Music
PHILIPPE DA SILVA
Sound Recording
JONATHAN MONDERIE-LAROUCHE
Production Assistance, Hair and Makeup
CÉDRIC CORBEIL
FRANCE GAUDREAULT
SÉDRICK PICHÉ-BRETON
Participants
MADELEINE LAMOUREUX
LINA DALLAIRE
MARIE-CLAUDE BEAUCHEMIN
CHANTALE GIRARD
ONLINE EDITING
SERGE VERREAULT
FOLEY RECORDING
LUC LÉGER
RE-RECORDING
GEOFFREY MITCHELL
DÉLIA 9 TO 5
A film by
DÉLIA GUNN
Prise de son | Sound Recording
JONATHAN MONDERIE-LAROUCHE
Production Assistant
CÉDRIC CORBEIL
Participants
DÉLIA
BENOIT
JOCELYN
KEYLIANNA
DALYANNA
GRACIE
ONLINE EDITING
SERGE VERREAULT
FOLEY RECORDING
LUC LÉGER
RE-RECORDING
SERGE BOIVIN
GRANNY AND MIA
A film by
Émilie Villeneuve
Sound Recording
Jonathan Monderie-Larouche
Production Assistant
Cédric Corbeil
Music
Louis-Philippe Gingras
Participants
Mia
Janine
Sylvie
Émilie
Online Editing
Yannick Carrier
Foley and Music Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard
LES ENFANTS DES NOMADES
A film by
ÉVELYNE PAPATIE
Prise de son | Sound Recording
JONATHAN MONDERIE-LAROUCHE
Production Assistant
CÉDRIC CORBEIL
Music
DENIS JEAN-PIERRE
Participants
GEORGES
KOKOKO
and
ÉVELYNE
ONLINE EDITING
DENIS PILON
FOLEY AND NARRATION RECORDING
LUC LÉGER
RE-RECORDING
JEAN PAUL VIALARD
TOES HEELS TOES HEELS
A FILM BY
GABRIELLE CORNELLIER
MUSIC
CLAUDE FRADETTE
ADDITIONAL IMAGES
MAXIME DUPUIS
SOUND RECORDING
JONATHAN MONDERIE-LAROUCHE
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
CÉDRIC CORBEIL
LOUIS-PHILIPPE GÉLINAS
ONLINE EDITING
SERGE VERREAULT
FOLEY RECORDING
GEOFFREY MITCHELL
RE-RECORDING
LUC LÉGER
PARTICIPANTS
LORRAINE CAMIRAND
ALICE AUBIN-MERCIER
LEITHICIA BABIN
FRANÇOISE BERGERON
PAULINE BERGERON
GISÈLE BOIES
FRANÇOISE BOISSONNEAULT
PIER-ALEX BORDELEAU
NICOLAS BOURY
DAVID BRISEBOIS
ÉLIANE BRISSON
MONIQUE CAMIRAND
SOLANGE CORBEIL
DIANE DESRUISSEAUX
RARISON FANEVA
SARAH FORTIER
LISE FRENETTE
OLIVIER GAUTHIER
LOUIS-PHILIPPE GÉLINAS
STAIFANY GONTHIER
MICHEL HÉBERT
AUDREY LACROIX
PIERRETTE LANDRY
LOUISE LANOUETTE
DENISE LAVIGNE
PAULINE LAGACÉ
JESSICA LESAGE
MARC-ANDRÉ MORIN
SERGE MORIN
LYSANNE PAGÉ
ANDRÉE POIRIER
DENISE ROBERGE
MATHIEU ST-AUBIN
JACQUES TANGUAY
BERTRAND VIALLE
5 SHORTS PROJECT
CINEMATOGRAPHER
DAN POPA
EDITING
YOUSRA BENZIANE
SOUND DESIGN
PATRICE LEBLANC
TECHNICAL SUPPORT – EDITING
PIERRE DUPONT ISABELLE PAINCHAUD PATRICK TRAHAN
TITLES
MÉLANIE BOUCHARD
FOLEY
STÉPHANE CADOTTE
ADMINISTRATOR
SIA KOUKOULAS
INTERN
JEMMY ECHAQUAN DUBÉ
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
CHINDA PHOMMARINH
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
PASCALE SAVOIE-BRIDEAU
TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
MIRA MAILHOT
LINE PRODUCER
MÉLANIE LASNIER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
COLETTE LOUMÈDE
PRODUCERS
NATHALIE CLOUTIER (NFB)
SERGE BORDELEAU (NADAGAM FILMS)
PRODUCED BY
THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA AND
NADAGAM FILMS
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Nadagam films
Nadagam films is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue-based film and VR production company founded by Serge Bordeleau.
Its mission is to produce works with deep regional roots and human-centred, universally appealing themes. In so doing, Nadagam films helps to establish local expertise in film and digital production.
Nadagam—the name given to Bordeleau by his Algonquin friends—means “at the water’s edge” in the Anicinape language.
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