Quiet Zone (film)

Quiet Zone
Ondes et Silence
Directed byKarl Lemieux
David Bryant
Written byKarl Lemieux
David Bryant
Produced byJulie Roy[1]
Edited byCharles-André Coderre
Music byDavid Bryant
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 22 January 2015 (2015-01-22) (IFFR)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Quiet Zone is a 2015 Canadian experimental short documentary film[1] directed by Karl Lemieux and David Bryant; they co-wrote the screenplay and Bryant wrote the score.[2] It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[1]

The film premiered in January 2015 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam where it was a part of the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2015.[2] At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards the film was nominated for Best Short Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.[3]

In the documentary, people living in the United States National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia talk about their electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Visual and sound effects are used to make their distress palpable to the viewer.[1][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d O'Connor, Katie (15 September 2015). "TFS FESTIVAL QUICKIE: DAVID BRYANT AND KARL LEMIEUX, DIRECTORS OF QUIET ZONE". Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Quiet Zone". IFFR. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Theatrical Documentary and Short Film Nominations". Canadian Screen Awards. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. ^ Stephen, Robert (10 September 2015). "TIFF: Quiet Zone". The Square. SQUARE MEDIA GROUP. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ^ Mobarak, Jared (13 August 2015). "TIFF15 REVIEW: QUIET ZONE [2015]". JaredMobarak.com. Jared Mobarak. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  6. ^ Weldon, Carolyne (16 September 2016). "Quiet Zone | 3 Questions with Musician/Filmmaker David Bryant (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)". blog.nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2017.