About Memory and Loss

About Memory and Loss
FrenchNotes sur la mémoire et l'oubli
Directed byAmélie Hardy
Written byAmélie Hardy
Based onUn présent infini: notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli by Rafaële Germain
Produced byIsabelle Grignon-Francke
Narrated byAlexa-Jeanne Dubé
CinematographyLouis Turcotte
Edited byLouis Chevalier-Dagenais
Music byAlex Lefaivre
Production
company
Club Vidéo
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) (FNC)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

About Memory and Loss (French: Notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Amélie Hardy and released in 2022. Based on Rafaële Germain's non-fiction essay Un présent infini: notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli,[1] the film is a meditation on the cultural process of deciding what elements of history to preserve and archive for posterity, and what elements of history to discard.[2]

The film premiered at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[3]

  1. ^ Nathalie Collard, "Rafaële Germain: se souvenir des belles choses". La Presse, November 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Pat Mullen, "Documentaries Stand Tallest at Regard – Saguenay Short Film Festival". Point of View, April 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Travelling au FNC : Huit courts métrages québécois présentés en compétition officielle". CTVM, September 14, 2022.