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Cranes and voices (2026)
Between unusual auditory perceptions and the housing crisis, sound emerges as both a destructive and creative force.
Production: Les Films de l’Autre
Distribution: Vidéographe
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Seeing Through the Darkness (2024)
Seeing Through the Darkness digs deep furrows into the minds of viewers. – Martin Bilodeau (Mediafilm)
The approach taken by Seeing Through the Darkness succeeds in developing a system of reasoning of remarkable strength and precision. – Samy Benammar (Panorama-cinéma)
The result is a stimulating cinematic experience, at times immersive, at times reflective, without resorting to easy pathos, making wonderful use of the resources of its medium. – Cédric Laval (24 Images)
In this film where blindness is ever-present, the images speak for themselves. Simon Plouffe offers a perfect balance between testimonies and silences. The words are sparing. The visual and sound editing is convincing. The film breathes deeply, imposing nothing. – André Duchesne (La Presse)
A sensory experience, guided by the deafening noise of wars. And above all by the words of these visually impaired individuals who unfold their stories for us in profoundly human fragments. – Magdaline Boutros (Le Devoir)
The director’s work of memorial excavation proves so valuable, confronting us once again with the cycles and dead ends of a history whose ignorance keeps pushing us to endlessly repeat its horrors, multiplying its victims ad vitam aeternam. – Olivier Thibodeau (Panorama-cinéma)
Incredible sound work in the film. The more the image is altered, the more the perception of ambiances and sounds gains in meaning. – Catherine Lemieux Lefebvre (CinéBulles)
It’s a masterpiece. It’s truly extraordinary. – Brendan Kelly (Culture Club – Ici Radio-Canada)
(Quotes translated from the original French.)
Carried by an immersive sonic universe, this film offers a sensitive journey through memory, perception, and resistance. It invites us to listen differently to lives transformed by war.
Awards
- Best Social Documentary Award, Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Colombie, 2025
- Nominated for Best Sound Design at the Canadian Screen Awards (CSA), 2026
Festivals:
- RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival), Quebec, 2024
- BOGOCINE, Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Colombia, 2025
- RIFFA (Regina International Film Festival), Canada, 2025
- Medenine International Film Festival, Tunisia, 2025
- The Extraordinary Film Festival, Belgium, 2025
- Baie-Comeau International Film Festival – Cinoche, Quebec, 2026
- FilmFest Bremen, in competition sections: Innovation + Diversity, Germany, 2026
Production: Les Films de l’Autre
Distribution: Les Films du 3 Mars
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Forests (2022)
[…] a work combining hypnotic images of submerged forests, immersive sound work, and Innu oral histories. – Laurence Olivier (24 Images)
[…] a rich narrative about the present and past of a violated territory and culture, offering a brilliant message on the potential for continuity found in oral transmission. – Olivier Thibodeau (Panorama-cinéma)
The director also sought to create a work that respects local communities, the first to be affected by climate change. – Sophie Bernard (Lien multimédia)
(Quotes translated from the original French.)
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.
Awards and Mentions
- Art and Experimentation Award, RVQC, 2023
- Jury Prize, Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2023
- Night Award at the 21st edition of the Signes de Nuit International Festival, Paris, France, 2023
- Best Documentary Award, Seoul Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2023
- Special Mention, Segni della Notte International Festival, Urbino, Italy, 2023
- Signes Award, Signos da Noite International Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
Festivals:
- Krakow Film Festival, Pologne, 2022
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, 2022
- Talent tout court au Cannes Film Market, 2022
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, 2022
- DC Shorts Film Festival, United States, 2022
- Imagine Science Film Festival, United States, 2022
- RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival), Quebec, 2022
- Available Light Film Festival (ALFF), Yukon, 2023
- International Festival of Winter Cinema (IFWC), Alberta, 2023
- Gala Prix Prends ça court!, Quebec, 2023
- Vues sur mer Festival, Quebec, 2023
- Festival Oodaaq, France, 2023
- É Tudo Verdade | It’s All True, Brazil, 2023
- Dawson City international Short Film Festival, Yukon, 2023
- Moviate Underground, United States, 2023
- Doc-Cévennes, France, 2023
- Dokufest, Kosovo, 2023
- Cinéma sous les étoiles, Montreal, 2023
- Festival de cinéma de Douarnenez, France, 2023
- Quebec City Film Festival, 2023
- Fic Wallmapu, Chile, 2023
- Planet in Focus, Toronto, 2023
- Tokyo Short Film Festival, Japan, 2023
- St. Louis International Film Festival, United States, 2023
- Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht, Berlin, Germany, 2023
- Roma Short Film Festival, Roma, Italy, 2023
- Cinoche, Baie-Comeau, Quebec, 2024
- Cinalfama Screening and Awards, Portugal, 2024
- FIFA, Montreal, Quebec, 2024
- Moviate Underground, Best of Fest 2023, United States, 2024
- Fic Wallmapu, Online Show, Chile, 2024
- Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental, FINCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2024
- 18 Muestra Cine + Vídeo Indígena, Chilie 2024
- Festival international Signes de Nuit, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024
- Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia, 2024
- Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental y Derechos Humanos, FINCA.DH, Paraguay, 2024
- RIDM (Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal), Doc à Doc, Quebec, 2024
- Festival de Cine Buenos Aires Indígena BAIn, Argentina, 2025
- International Human Rights Film Festival / FICDH, Chile, 2025
Museum / Galleries:
- At 鳳甲美術館 Hong-gah Museum as part of the 台灣國際錄像藝術展 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, November 2023 to Janvier 2024
- At the Amos Exhibition Centre, presented as part of Ryth Kesselring exhibition, Octobre 2024
- At the Grantham Foundation for Art and Environment in Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, September 2024
Production: Les Films de l’Autre
Distribution: Vidéographe
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Those Who Come, Will Hear (2018)
A delicate incursion into Quebec’s Indigenous Tower of Babel.– Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy (Le Devoir)
A documentary that moves through the senses. – Les herbes folles (CISM)
A poetic tribute to the singular richness of Indigenous languages. – Anthony Dubé (Les méconnus)
(Previous quotes translated from the original French.)
The film never loses its united aim – to document the active preservation and endless value of each tongue. – Sarah Bakke (SAD Mag Vancouver)
It seems as if the land is speaking for all the voices that have been silenced in the past. – Jack Brandon (The Michigan Daily)
Those Who Come, Will Hear proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec. The film starts with the discovery of these unsung tongues through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today. Buttressed by an exploration and creation of archives, the film allows us to better understand the musicality of these languages and reveals the cultural and human importance of these venerable oral traditions by nourishing a collective reflection on the consequences of their disappearance.
Awards and Mentions
- Iris Award for Best Documentary Sound in 2019
- Jury Prize at the 56th edition of the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 2018
- Best Documentary Award at the Chilean festival Ficwallmapu in 2018
- Honorable Mention at the DOXA Festival in Vancouver in 2018
- Honorable Mention at the Experimental Film Forum in Los Angeles in 2018
Festivals
- 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, World Premiere, 2018
- Open City Documentary Festival, European Premiere, Emerging Filmmaker section nomination, London, UK, 2018
- Ficwallmapu, Chile, 2018
- DOXA, Vancouver, 2018
- Experimental Film Forum, Los Angeles, 2018
- Gimli Film Festival, Manitoba, 2018
- RIFFA (Regina international film festival), Saskatchewan, 2018
- Cine Las Americas, Austin, Texas, USA, 2018
- 12 Muestra de Cine Video Indígena, Chile, 2018
- Portland Film Festival, Oregon, USA, 2018
- Icaro, Guatemala, 2018
- This is Human World Film Festival, Up & Running section, Vienna, Austria, 2018
- DocPoint, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
- Ciné-7, Sept-Îles, 2019
- Cinoche, Baie-Comeau, 2019
- FIFEQ (Quebec International Ethnographic Film Festival), 2019
- Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea, 2020
- Douarnenez Film Festival, France, 2023
- Étonnants Voyageurs Festival, St-Malo, France, 2024
Production: Les Films de l’Autre
Distribution: Les Films du 3 Mars
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Others’ Gold (2011)
Simon Plouffe knew how to step back in order to better let the heartfelt cry of the affected residents be heard. Behind the drama, their reflections carry great poetic force. – André Duchesne (La Presse)
[…] the filmmaker constructed his film in such a way that disillusionment follows the initial joy, and the collateral damage grows increasingly significant. – Odile Tremblay (Le Devoir)
Others’ Gold offers a sensitive portrait of a microcosm about to be permanently altered by an outside force.- Alexandre Fontaine (Panorama cinéma)
(Quotes translated from the original French.)
- Merit Award for Advocacy, au Montana CINE International Film Festival, 2011
- Honorable Mention for Excellent Storytelling, Wildlife International Film Festival, 2012
- Silver Lei Award, Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaï, 2012
Festivals
- Montana CINE International Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, United States, 2011
- RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival), in Montreal and Quebec City, 2011
- The Other Venice Film Festival, Venice, United States, 2011
- Planet in Focus, Toronto, 2011
- Festival des gens d’ici, Val-d’Or, 2011
- Festival Internacional de Cine de la Antártica sobre Medio Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, FICAMS, Chile, 2012
- Euroekofest, Bulgaria, 2012
- Cinema Planeta, Mexico, 2012
- Festival International du Film d’Environnement (FIFE), Paris, 2012
- Rendez-Vous du cinéma québécois, Montreal, 2012
- Thin Line Film Fest, Denton, Texas, United States, 2012
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, United States, 2012
- FanFest, Rosia Montana, Roumania, 2013
- Festival iRep, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, 2013
- DOK.Fest (International Documentary Film Festival), Munich, 2013
- Environnemental Film Festival Voices, Colombia, 2013
- Festival international du film ethnographique (FIFEQ), Quebec
- Festival Hors-Cadre, Montreal, 2013
- Festival internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), Mexico, 2014
- Doc-Cévennes, France, 2023
Production: Amazone Film
Distribution: Vidéographe
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