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Cecil's Journey
200254 min 5 secFilm: Documentaire
Réalisation: Rohan Fernando
Production: Peter d'EntremontKent MartinSally BochnerCharles E. Doucet
Scénarisation: Rohan FernandoJohn Brett
Co-produced by Triad Film Productions Ltd. and the National Film Board of Canada in association with Vision TV, CFMT, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund and the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, with the assistance of the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and developed in association with CTV.
Rohan Fernando, a 26-year-old visual artist, leaves his home in Canada for a nine-week journey to Sri Lanka. The purpose of the trip is to take photos that will serve as inspiration for future paintings. Instead, it turns into a voyage of discovery in which he must confront the past he has all but forgotten, and in which long-buried family secrets are revealed.
Born in the northern town of Jaffna, he left the country with his family when he was only five. Now, he has returned for the first time--to a land that is both alien and shockingly familiar.
As Rohan (whose parents called him Cecil after they immigrated) discovers the intricate web of family relations binding him to caste, family and country, deep-seated questions about his own identity and self-image emerge.
Set against the backdrop of vicious fighting in the civil war between Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lankan government forces, Cecil's Journey is an intensely personal film with universal resonance. Informed by the perceptive eye Rohan has developed through his painting, this documentary challenges us to ask: What does it mean to be me?
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Catégories de sujets
- Pays en développement > Arts et CultureAsieHistoire, Politique et GouvernementGuerres, Conflits et Paix
- Pays étrangers > Asie
- Diversité culturelle et Multiculturalisme > Immigrants et Canadiens d'origine asiatique
- Arts visuels > Peinture
Générique
- écriture
- Rohan Fernando
- réalisateur
- Rohan Fernando
- producteur
- Peter d'Entremont
- Kent Martin
- chef scénariste
- John Brett
- directeur de la photographie
- Russell Geinapp
- compositeur de la musique
- Asif Illyas
- producteur exécutif
- Peter d'Entremont
- Sally Bochner
- Charles E. Doucet
- narration
- Rohan Fernando
- prise de son
- Russell Geinapp
- Rohan Fernando
- Nancy Burgess
- photographie additionnelle
- Kent Nason
- Rohan Fernando
- transcription
- Jean MacDonald
- assistant au montage image
- Ron Illingworth
- postproduction audio
- Salter Street Digital
- monteur en ligne
- Doug Woods
- mixeur du repiquage
- Allan Scarth
- mixage - postsynchronisation
- Amy Miller
- conception sonore
- René Beaudry
- supervision de la postproduction
- Rob Power
- directeur de projet
- Victoria McGregor
- administrateur de plateau
- Susanne Lively
- comptable de production
- Stephen Fielding
- assistant de production
- Steven May
- administrateur de programme
- John William Lutz
- superviseur de production
- Patricia Coughran
Prix et récompenses
- Prix d'Excellence pour la composition musicale - assorti d'une bourse de 500$ ainsi que 10,000$ en serviceAtlantic International Film Festival
- Prix du meilleur court métrage de l'Atlantique - assorti d'une bourse de 5,000$Atlantic International Film Festival