This text is part of the special Francophonie booklet
Once again this year, the National Film Board (ONF) is taking part in the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF), offering six programs including documentaries, animated films and interactive works available online free of charge, in addition to 400 theatrical screenings that will be offered across Canada.
These six programs bring together films under themes that touch on social issues, as well as more entertaining content for the whole family. Overview.
Pandemic stories
The title of the first theme is this word heard a thousand times in the mouth of public health representatives: The curve. We will have guessed it, it is about the pandemic, seen by Quebecers from various backgrounds, and “stories of social distancing that bring us closer”.
In a short film from this series, Ground, by Valérie Bah and Tatiana Zinga Botao, we listen to the touching testimony of black women working in the health sector. “When I give care to someone, I put my mother in that person’s place, I say to myself, what kind of care would I like the attendant to give him? »
On your phone
The second program consists of interactive works accessible from touch screens, smart phones, which the NFB presents as demonstrations of the innovations possible thanks to the marriage of disciplines.
Qualified as “interactive narrative”, further than far is an experience to be discovered by swiping the screen of your device to explore events, which make us discover the inhabitants of the island of Fogo, located off the coast of Newfoundland. The second content in this series, which has the fun title of I like potatoesis described as a game “to plant new ideas and grow change”.
Quebec territory
The third program Collections, is a documentary series in six episodes of about thirty minutes each on rural development. It talks about territory, seeds and issues affecting communities, some of which are controversial, such as mining and the slaughter of animals. Essential issues of rural Quebec through the fascinating testimonies of people who have chosen to settle there or to stay there, against all odds, despite all the challenges that this represents.
Traditions and identities
In line with the theme of this year’s RVF, “These traditions that forge identities”, the 4and program presents three films tackling these questions from different facets that are not often explored. With saturday nightRosana Matecki explores loneliness and aging. sand story, by Hyacinthe Combary, deals with the links between African and indigenous cultures. The third, If time allows itdirected by Elisapie Isaac, spokesperson for the RVF, talks about Kangirsujuaq, a village in Nunavik.
Youth programs
Finally, two programs for young audiences, each comprising several animated films and short films. With Sport, always sport!, we talk about hockey, cycling and anxiety, among other things, in an accessible tone. The last series, Grandparents, family and storiesaddresses the bond between grandchildren and their grandparents in a touching way.