Freelancer on the Front Lines

20161 h 14 min 56 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Santiago Bertolino

Production: Nathalie CloutierDenis McCreadyColette Loumède

Script: Santiago Bertolino

Freelance reporter Jesse Rosenfeld has made the Middle East the focus of his work. The film follows his journey, presents a complex regional reality and explores how a reporter’s job has changed in the age of the Internet.

From Egypt to Turkey and Iraq by way of Israel and Palestine, the documentary captures the ups and downs of a new journalism in action that wants to make the voice of independent and critical information heard in the new communications jungle.

Subject categories


  • Media and Communication > InternetJournalism and News ReportingPortraitsSocial Issues

Credits


participation
Jesse Rosenfeld
writer
Santiago Bertolino
director
Santiago Bertolino
images
Santiago Bertolino
sound recording
Santiago Bertolino
sound design
Olivier Calvert
additional camera
Daniel Lanteigne
Ahmed Fadel Al Massary
editor
Aube Foglia
editing assistant
Joëlle Arseneau
Marie-Ève Talbot
technical coordinator - shooting equipment
Steve Hallé
technical support - editing
Pierre Dupont
Isabelle Painchaud
Patrick Trahan
translation
Divvy Ahronheim
Kamel Bouzeboudjen
Cevat Sahin
MELS
creative direction
Christian Langlois
design
Mélanie Bouchard
lead motion design
Mélanie Bouchard
online editing
Serge Verreault
foley
Lise Wedlock
foley recording
Luc Léger
re-recording
Shelley Craig
music
Esmerine
musician
Bruce Cawdron
Rebecca Foon
Brian Sanderson
Jamie Thompson
guest musician
Mishka Stein
Colin Stetson
music recording
James Stephens
additional music
Stefan Christoff
Sam Shalabi
participant
Abdulrahman Noori Abdulrahman
Anis Attia Anis
Allison Deger
Mohammad Husso
Ayar Mohammed Rasool
Nael Mosallam
Leora Rissin
Mark Rosenfeld
Sardar Sharif
Lia Tarachansky
rights clearances
Jenny Cartwright
marketing manager
Karine Sévigny
Judith Lessard-Bérubé
marketing manager - assistance
Jolène Lessard
administrator
Sia Koukoulas
production coordinator
Chinda Phommarinh
Gabrielle Dupont
Isabelle Limoges
Hélène Regimbal
administrative assistant
Pascale Savoie-Brideau
Larissa Christoforo
technical coordinator
Mira Mailhot
associate producer
Mélanie Lasnier
producer
Nathalie Cloutier
Denis McCready
executive producer
Colette Loumède