Name: Forests
Released: 2022-12-15T10:12:41-05:00
Duration: 982S

SYNOPSIS

Eastern white pines submerged under the waters of a hydroelectric reservoir on unceded Innu territory transform into flames. This exploration between water and fire illustrates our current climate emergency through multiple stories about the relationship between a community and its land.

Theme(s): , Colonialism, Environnement, First nations

DETAILS

Director | , Simon Plouffe

Year | , 2022

Country | , Québec

Duration | 16 minutes

Original language | , Innu

Subtitles | , French

Image | Geoffroy Beauchemin

Sound | Simon Plouffe

Sound design | Simon Plouffe

Sound mixing | Benoît Dame

Editing | Simon Plouffe

Production | Simon Plouffe

DIRECTOR

Simon Plouffe

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Simon Plouffe lives in Montreal. His experiences working with sound have led him to explore sonic worlds for both experimental and design purposes. Others' Gold (2011) was shown at RIDM, Dok.Fest Munich, Guadalajara, Big Sky. Those Who Come, Will Hear (2018) won the Iris Award in 2019 for Best Sound, the Jury Prize at the Ann Arbor Festival, and the award for Best Documentary at the Ficwallmapu Festival in Chile. He is currently developing a documentary on blindness caused by armed conflicts. Forests (2022) was shown in Krakow, Edinburgh and DOXA.