Mounds
2020
3 min
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IMPORTANT: For the optimal experience, please use headphones and turn up the volume. This playful documentary by Nicolas Paquet and Tom Jacques stages the monumental dance of the peat vacuum harvester, a gigantic industrial machine conceived in Rivière-du-Loup. On top of a dramatic soundtrack composed with invented instruments, workers are busy forming large mounds, which are seen in all their aesthetic splendor through the eyes of the two creators. A nod to the NFB film De la tourbe et du restant, shot in the peat bogs of the Bas-Saint-Laurent during the 1970s. For its fourth edition, the NFB’s 5 Shorts …
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5 Shorts Project2020 4 editionsLaunched by the NFB’s French Documentary Studio, the 5 Shorts Project seeks to discover new filmmaking talent from Quebec’s regions while exploring the short-form doc genre. Five directors are challenged to create a 4-to-5-minute short with a technical requirement. These independent, individual films will benefit from the cohort’s constructive reflection and interaction.
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IMPORTANT: For the optimal experience, please use headphones and turn up the volume.
This playful documentary by Nicolas Paquet and Tom Jacques stages the monumental dance of the peat vacuum harvester, a gigantic industrial machine conceived in Rivière-du-Loup. On top of a dramatic soundtrack composed with invented instruments, workers are busy forming large mounds, which are seen in all their aesthetic splendor through the eyes of the two creators. A nod to the NFB film De la tourbe et du restant, shot in the peat bogs of the Bas-Saint-Laurent during the 1970s.
For its fourth edition, the NFB’s 5 Shorts Project shines a spotlight on the talent of independent artists from the Bas-Saint-Laurent! Watch the four short documentaries produced in partnership with the Paralœil production centre in Rimouski.
The first edition can be found here.
The second edition can be found here
The third edition can be found here.
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directorTom JacquesNicolas Paquet
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writerTom JacquesNicolas Paquet
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producerNathalie CloutierColette LoumèdeValérie Mongrain
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project managerNicole Hubert
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cinematographerDan Popa
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drone operatorSimon CrozAnatole Planteur
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editingMichel Giroux
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sound designBenoît DameTom Jacques
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musicTom Jacques
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sound recordingCatherine Van Der Donckt
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technical support - editingPierre DupontPatrick TrahanMarie-Josée Gourde
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infographicsJacques Bertrand Simard
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online editingYannick Carrier
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re-recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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Paraloeil teamSandrine BergerJean-Philippe CatellierÉmile Cyr-Perreault
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administratorSia Koukoulas
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production coordinatorCoralie DumoulinJoëlle Lapointe
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studio coordinatorGabrielle DupontPascale Savoie-Brideau
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technical coordinatorMira Mailhot
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line producerMélanie Lasnier
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executive producerNathalie Cloutier
