Olivier Higgins
Olivier Higgins (born 1979) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec.[1] The cofounder with his wife Mélanie Carrier of the production studio Mö Films, the duo concentrate primarily on films about the relationships of the world's indigenous peoples with the wider world.
The duo's first film Asiemut, chronicling a bicycling trip they took in Asia, was released in 2006.[2]
They followed up in 2011 with the feature documentary Encounters (Rencontre),[1] and the short documentary Ice Philosophy (L'homme de glace).
Their 2013 film Québékoisie was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.[3]
In 2019 they collaborated with photographer Renaud Philippe on Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour), a multimedia museum show and documentary film about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.[4] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 22B Quebec Cinema Awards.[6] Higgins and Philippe were also co-nominated for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Quebec Cinema Awards;[6] Higgins was also nominated as part of the sound team for Best Sound in a Documentary, and alongside Amélie Labrèche for Best Editing in a Documentary, at the Quebec Cinema Awards.[6]
Their documentary Deep Inside Humanity (Ce que le monde porte en soi) is in production for release in 2021 or 2022.[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Éric Moreault, "Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins : Au cœur du plus vaste camp de réfugiés au monde". Le Soleil, February 19, 2021.
- ^ Mathieu, Annie (September 22, 2008). "La cinéaste globe-trotter". La Presse (in French).
- ^ "Québékoisie à l'affiche à Trois-Rivières". Ici Radio-Canada Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec, January 29, 2014.
- ^ Valérie Cloutier, "Errance sans retour ou la réalité de réfugiés rohingyas". Ici Radio-Canada Québec, September 8, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "Telefilm, Rogers support 16 documentaries". Playback, April 24, 2019.
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