Baggage opens the stage and turns the spotlight on newly arrived teenage immigrants studying at Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d’Outremont High School in Montréal. Through drama workshops, theatre production and deeply personal interviews, the film gives voice to their stories of immigration and integration. Their accounts move between an “elsewhere” and a “before” to become a ”here and now”. With a wisdom well beyond their years that will leave no one unmoved, these students share poignant narratives about their journeys with compelling emotion and a disarming level of authenticity.
Original idea & theatre staging
Mélissa Lefebvre
Screenwriting
Paul Tom & Mélissa Lefebvre
Director
Paul Tom
Production
Karine Dubois
Genre
Documentary
Country
Canada
Original version
French
Format
HD
Ratio
16:9
Duration
52 min
Sound
Stereo
Year
2017
Trailer
Awards and festivals
2017
Winner - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec - Prix du public – Long métrage canadien
2017
Winner - Festival de cinéma international d'Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Prix Télébec
2017
Winner - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal - Prix du jury des détenues
2018
Winner - Vues sur mer - Grand Prix
2018
Winner - Vues sur mer - Prix du public
2018
Winner - Prix Gémeaux - Meilleure émission ou série documentaire : arts et culture
2018
Winner - Prix Gémeaux - Meilleure réalisation documentaire : biographie ou portrait, arts et culture, nature, sciences et environnement – émission
Credits
Original idea & theatre staging
Mélissa Lefebvre
Screenwriting
Paul Tom & Mélissa Lefebvre
Director
Paul Tom
Production
Karine Dubois
Cinematography
Paul Tom
Music
Vincent Lefebvre
Editing
Alain Loiselle & Paul Tom
Baggage was produced with the support of
