International Premiere

Healing Dolls

Mashteuiatsh women share grief and hope making dolls, building a strong, supportive space for healing together. 

SYNOPSIS

Testimonials from the women’s group at Mashteuiatsh Puakuteu fill this intimate short film about grief and healing. In doll-making workshops, the women share their doubts and hopes and, in doing so, build a space of strength and solidarity.

Theme(s): , Feminism, First nations

DETAILS

Director | , Comité De femmes Puakuteu
Year | , 2024
Country | , Québec
Duration | 7 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , French
Sound | Charlotte Beaulieu
Editing | Alexandra Nadeau, Charlotte Beaulieu, Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Production | Wapikoni Mobile
Distribution | Wapikoni Mobile
Screenplay | Comité De femmes Puakuteu
Camera | Alexandra Nadeau, Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Cast | Aïka Raphaël, Amélie Courtois, Chantale Niquay, Cynthia Bégin, Émilie Tremblay, Kokom Germaine Dubé, Louise Bergeron, Marie-Ève Courtois, Marie-Thérèse Raphaël, Rose-May Germain, Tania Raphaël, Thérèse Raphaël-Bégin

DIRECTOR

Photo

Comité De femmes Puakuteu

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A community organization in the Indigenous community of Mashteuiatsh, Puakuteu promotes projects for women and young people. It was founded in 2012, when a group of women from the community wanted to raise awareness about the history and lasting scars of residential schools, honouring residential school survivors, their descendants, and their families.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1 | 

22 July 2025 pm31 20h45

Parc Médéric-Martin 

This film is included in screening Short film competition – Programme #2

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