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North Star

Étoile du Nord
Patrick Bossé
2023 | 5 x 15 min.
Documentary series
Original French version, English


LONG SYNOPSIS


ONE AND TWO LINERS


INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR PATRICK BOSSÉ AND ASTROPHYSICIST LAURIE ROUSSEAU-NEPTON


EPISODES DESCRIPTIONS

Trailer


Poster

Excerpts

Observation (excerpt episode 1)


Research (excerpt episode 2)


Origins (excerpt episode 5)



Images


Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Great Bear constellation animation. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton and Justine Giroux kayaking. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton and intern Justine Giroux, in front of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (TCFH). Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton fishing with her father Pierre Nepton. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

X3 planet animation. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton accompanying a group of students. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Mauna Kea Reserve, Hawaii Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton and Justine Giroux at the top of the Mauna Kea observatory. Image from the serie. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

Team


Patrick Bossé
Director


Photo
Photo : Antonio Pierre de Almeida




Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
Co-collaborator


Photo
Photo : Gracieuseté




Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
Producer (NFB) 


Photo
Photo : ©2021 Valérie Sangin




Nathalie Cloutier
Executive Producer


Photo
Photo : Valérie Sangin



Credits

A series by Patrick Bossé
In collaboration with Laurie Rousseau-Nepton

Researched, Written and Directed by
Patrick Bossé

Produced by
Pierre-Mathieu Fortin

With the participation of
Benoît Epinat
Justine Giroux
Seham Kadimati
Ka’iu Kimura
Valérie Loiselle
Pierre Martin
La famille Nepton

Pierre Nepton
Qudsia Noory
Carter Rhea
Carmelle Robert
Roxanne Rouleau
Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
Les membres du Kawaihae Canoe Club

With the voice of
Kaniehtiio Horn

Cinematography
Hugo Gendron

Location Sound
Lynne Trépanier

Editing
Myriam Magassouba

Sound Design
Jean-François B. Sauvé

Original Music
Frannie Holder

Production Manager
Geneviève Thibert

Production Assistant – Ashuapmushuan
Zoltan Buki

Camera Assistant – Wendake
Louis-Philippe Michaud

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

Editing Assistant
Eli Jean Tahchi

Art Direction – Animation
Sarah Ouellet

Illustrations
Lou Guettet

Animation
Sindre Ulvik Péladeau

Animated Graphics
Alain Ostiguy

Translation
Trans & Sub Coop

Online Editing and Colourization
Yannick Carrier

Additional English Voices
Al Goulem
Angela Galuppo

Voice Direction
Mark Camacho

Voice and Foley Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Foley
Simon Meilleur

Re-recording Mixer
Jean Paul Vialard

Music Mix
Benoit Bouchard

Drone – Mauna Kea
Andrew Richard Hara

Additional images – Hawaii
Geneviève Thibert

Archives
Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
Pierre Nepton
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
CFHT and Coelum, J.-C. Cuillandre and G. Anselmi
Laurent Drissen
Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler
Marc Baril
P.-A. Duc, J.-C. Cuillandre and CFHT
R. Gendler and R. Croman, Subaru (NAOJ), Hubble (NASA/ESA), Mayall (NSF)
ESO/S. Brunier
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
NASA and ESA

Special thanks to
Catherine Dumas, Edmond Bossé and Françoise Bossé
The Nepton family
Todd Burdullis
Mary Beth Laychak
Frédéric Grandmont
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Team

Thanks to
Luc Arnold
Marc Baril
Scott Bartlett
Marie-Georges Bélanger
Emmanuel Bertin
Ku’ulei Bezilla
Julie Bolduc-Duval
Edith Bourgault
Mélanie Bronsard
and the students of Collège de Montréal
Isabelle Caya
and École internationale du Phare
Sonia Cesaratto
Audrey Côté
and Technoscience Estrie
Maryse Dagenais
Antonio Pierre de Almeida
Daniel Devost
Benoît Epinat
Sabir El-Mashoubi
Sylvie F Beaulieu
Antonin Gaud
Josée Gravel
Greg Green
Josh Harmsworth
Larry Kimura
Ariane Langlois
Myriam Latulippe
Ludvig Leto
Judith Manigat
Marie-Eve Naud
Jennifer O’Bomsawin
and the Huron-Wendat Nation Council
Klaude Ouellet
Guillaume Poulin
Fidèle Robichaud
Judith Robichaud
Josée Rousselot-Bellefleur
Cam Whipper
Joy Yoshina

Legal Advisor
Peter Kallianiotis

Press Relations
Sophie St-Pierre

Marketing Manager
Karine Sévigny

Marketing Coordinator
Julie Fortin

Learning Program Manager
Sophie Quevillon

Administrator
Sia Koukoulas

Senior Production Coordinator – Administration
Brenda Nixon

Studio Coordinators
Stéphanie Lazure
Gabrielle Dupont

Senior Production Coordinators
Chinda Phommarinh
Joëlle Lapointe

Production Coordinators
Alexandra Bourque
Alexandra Levert

Technical Coordinators
Luc Binette
Daniel Claveau
Jean-François Laprise

Associate Producer
Mélanie Brière

Line Producer
Mélanie Lasnier

Executive Producer
Nathalie Cloutier

Quebec, Canadian Francophonie & Acadian Documentary Studio
A National Film Board of Canada production, 2023.



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