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| Year of prod. |
2008 |
| Country |
Canada |
| Running time |
52 min. |
| Director |
Denis Boivin |
| Script |
Denis Boivin |
| Production |
K8e K8e inc. |
| Producers |
Denis Boivin,
Luc Lainé |
| Music |
Florent Vollant |
| DOP |
Hans David Campbell |
| Sound |
Normand Lapierre,
Jean Langevin |
| Editor |
Joël Ferland |
| Actors |
Serge Bouchard (voice) |
| Versions |
English (subtitled)
French
Innu |
| Financial
contributions |
| Sodec, Canadian Television Fund,
Canadian Film and Video Fund, Tax Credit Programs (Quebec and Canada), APTN TV, ARTV, Air
Inuit, Ataro, Productions de Films Dionysos |
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 Log line:
Aboriginal renowned painter Ernest Dominique (Aness) comes back to his homeland,
re-reading his life, art and nation.
Synopsis:
In the northern reaches of central Quebec, on the border between the tundra and the
taïga, was born Ernest Dominique. Raised in an Innu community, the boy will grow up to be
an internationally renowned painter. His grandmother could not pronounce the letter
"R", thus nicknaming him : Aness. During his career, Ernest decides to
sign his paintings with the name given to him as a child. From the capitals of the world,
we follow his journey back to his homeland. This journey helps us to understand his roots
and his unique approach to his art, his family and his Innu identity.
Director's biofilmography
Born in Quebec City (Province of Quebec, Canada).
After university studies in communication and cinema, Denis Boivin has signed in 1977 a
first documentary, L'Age dort, that became the most broadcasted documentary in
the Province of Quebec between 1979 and 1985. Since that moment, he has produced and
directed many documentaries as a genuine independant filmmaker. Among them: the famous and
very sensitive Le Pardon (Forgiveness) (Henri-Langlois Press Award 1992, Best
Documentary Festival Tours 1992, Can-Pro Award 1993, 2 Gemini mentions) and Le Pèlerin
(The Pilgrim), a biography of John-Paul II by his contemporaries' eyes (Gen.
Jaruzelski, Lech Walesa, friends, students.) He has made many productions for Children:
short films, documentaries - for example The Dance of the Children - and TV programs.
Since a few years, Boivin is turning to fiction films, producing two international
festival award winner shorts. Born near the Huron Village of Wendake, just outside Québec
City, he has returned to his Native roots for inspiration as he offers an original look at
an unknown aspect of life among Canada's First Nations in his first feature film: Attache ta tuque!
(Hold on to your Hat!) Since that time, he has directed Healing Words, 6
documentaries shot in First Nations Villages and five TV program series for Children : Mikuan.
His new documentary, Aness, follow international renowned aboriginal painter Ernest
Dominique (Aness), in his journey back to his homeland, re-reading his life, art
and nation. |
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- Festival international du Film sur l’Art
2009 (Montréal)
- Huron-Wendat Museum (Wendake,
Québec) |
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