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Ninan Auassat: We, the Children

Ninan Auassat : Nous, les enfants
Kim O'Bomsawin
2024 | 93 min
Documentary
Original French, English, Innu Aimun and Attikamekw version, English subtitles

Awards and Festivals

  • TIDES Award for Best Canadian DocumentaryVancouver International Film Festival, Canada (2024)

Trailer



ONE LINER


LONG SYNOPSIS


Q&A with Kim O’Bomsawin

Poster

Excerpts

Excerpt 1


Excerpt 2


Excerpt 3



Images


Zachary Ottawa, Matapew Ottawa, Isaac Verreault-Lambert, Atikamekw from Manawan. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Saige Mukash, Rain Iserhoff, Legend Iserhoff, Jade Mukash, Cree from Whapmagoostui. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Isaac Verreault-Lambert, Atikamekw from Manawan. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Alyssa Pitcoutlaigan, Innue Pessamit. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Alyssa Pitcoutlaigan and family, Jessica Vollant, Innus - Pessamit. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Dana Vollant (Fontaine), Innue Pessamit. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Legend Iserhoff, Cree from Whapmagoostui. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Isaac Verreault-Lambert, Atikamekw from Manawan. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Matapew Ottawa, Atikamekw from Manawan. Photo credit: Image from the film - Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada.

Team


Kim O'Bomsawin
Director


Photo
Photo : Christinne Muschi




Mélanie Brière
Producer


Photo
Photo : Valérie Sangin




Nathalie Cloutier
Producer and Executive Producer, NFB


Photo
Photo : Valérie Sangin




Colette Loumède
Producer and Executive Producer


Photo
Photo : NFB



Credits

A film by
Kim O’Bomsawin

Produced by
Mélanie Brière
Nathalie Cloutier
Colette Loumède

Editing
Alexandre Lachance

Cinematography
Hugo Gendron

Location Sound
Lynne Trépanier

Sound Design
Luc Raymond

Original Music
Wyler Wolf

End credits
With the participation of
Monique Benjamin Hervieux
Legend Iserhoff
Rain Iserhoff
Jade Mukash
Saige Mukash
Matapew Ottawa
Zachary Ottawa
Alyssa Pitcoutlaigan
Isaac Verreault-Lambert
Jessica Vollant
Maïka Vollant

And of
Laurence Bacon-Morissette
Raphaël Bernadette
Andy Canapé
Yanissa Chilton
Kellya Échaquan
Jérôme Flamand
Jerrycko Flamand
Jimmy Flamand-Black
Camille Goubil
Sam-Ivan Nequado
Jouan Ottawa
Layannah Ottawa
Maggie Ottawa
Lyvia Ottawa Dubé
Steffi Ottawa Dubé
Guyane Quitich
Izaak Quitich
Evanne Quitich-Boivin
Dana Vollant
Molika Iana Vollant
Zachary Vollant-Vachon

Researched, Written and Directed by
Kim O’Bomsawin

Produced by
Mélanie Brière
Nathalie Cloutier
Colette Loumède

Editing
Alexandre Lachance

Cinematography
Hugo Gendron

Location Sound
Lynne Trépanier

Sound Design
Luc Raymond

Original Music
Wyler Wolf

Additional Images
Michel Valiquette

Additional Sound Recording
Alain Auger
Andrés Solis Barrios

Camera Assistant
Louis-Philippe Michaud

Production Assistants
Nina Bouchard
Saige Mukash
Maggie Ottawa
Annick Picoutlaigan
Julie Verreault

Editing Assistant
Mathieu Quintal

Technical Support – Editing
Pierre Dupont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahan

Transcriptions
Alice Faucher

Translation
Joséphine Bacon
Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Isabelle Kanapé
Alexandre Nequado
Katherine Nequado
Gabrielle Vachon Laurent

Translation and Subtitling
Trans & Sub Coop

Titles
Mélanie Bouchard

Online Editing and Colourization
Yannick Carrier

Foley
Lise Wedlock

Foley Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Re-recording
Shelley Craig

Additional Music
“Tshekuan Mak Tshetutamak (Qu’est-ce qu’on va faire)”
Composed and performed by Philippe McKenzie
With the permission of CBC Northern Service, QCS 1466/1979

“Migwetch”
Composed and performed by Sakay Ottawa

“I Miss You”
Composed and performed by Isaac Verreault-Lambert

Thanks to
The children in the communities of Pessamit, Manawan and Whapmagoostui
École secondaire Otapi
École secondaire Uashkaikan
Whapmagoostui Sundance Organization
Matthew A. Iserhoff
Matthew Mukash
Natasia Mukash
Danielle O’Bomsawin
Kelly Canapé
Adeline and Bastien Picoutlaigan
Alain Picoutlaigan
Henri Picoutlaigan
Eve-Aurely Rousselot
Ronald Rousselot
Marie-Claire Vachon
Mya Vollant
Maggie Ottawa
Sakay Ottawa
Julie Verreault
Jérémie Battaglia
Diane Bilodeau
Jean-François Caissy
Mathieu Fournier
Marc Larouche
Valérie Latreille
Charlotte O’Bomsawin
Johanne and Yvon O’Bomsawin
Ophélie O’Bomsawin

Legal Advisor
Julie Patry

Media Relations
Nadine Viau

Marketing Manager
Karine Sévigny
Johanna Lessard

Marketing Coordinator
Julie Fortin

Administrator
Sia Koukoulas

Senior Production Coordinator – Administration
Brenda Nixon

Senior Production Coordinators
Joëlle Lapointe
Chinda Phommarinh

Production Coordinators
Alexandra Bourque
Lucia Corak
Coralie Dumoulin
Alexandra Levert
Studio Coordinators
Gabrielle Dupont
Stéphanie Lazure
Pascale Savoie-Brideau

Technical Coordinators
Julien Archambault
Daniel Claveau
Jean-François Laprise

Line Producer
Mélanie Lasnier
Executive Producers
Colette Loumède
Nathalie Cloutier

A production of the National Film Board of Canada
Quebec, Canadian Francophonie & Acadian Documentary Studio

© 2024 NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA



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