My Brand New Life - A Border Story

200323 min 33 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Jean-Louis Côté

Production: Ina FichmanPierre Lapointe (National Film Board of Canada)Sally Bochner

Produced by Productions La Fête Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with YTV, TFO and Discovery Kids, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, with the assistance of Québec Film and Television Tax Credit and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.

Antoine lives in Ottawa, while Olivia is from Washington, DC. As these two young people visit each other, they discover how little Canadians know about Americans and vice versa. By celebrating the national holiday in each country's capital, Antoine and Olivia get better acquainted with the traditions and history of each other's country.

Subject categories

  • Children and Youth > Youthful Perspectives

Credits

executive producer
Ina Fichman
director
Jean-Louis Côté
producer
Ina Fichman
Pierre Lapointe
co-producer
Sally Bochner
director of photography
Jacques Desharnais
Dominic DeSantis
editor
Jean-Louis Côté
theme song
Skye Sweetnam
original music composer
Amerigo D'Amico
Mitch Magonet
production manager
Amy Webb
Alexandra Gunter
researcher
Ramelle Mair
sound
Serge Bouvier
Michael Boyle
production assistant
Jon Adelman
post-production creative consultant
Jean-Louis Côté
post-production services
Aprilmay Entertainment
sound design
Jason Levy
opening visuals
Alex Gelehrter
developer
Ina Fichman
Maureen Marovitch
online editor
Joseph Bohbot
post-production coordinator
Erin Whittaker
assistant on-line editor
Daniel Schioler
legal counsel
Marie-José Harel
development associate
Lorne Price
controller
Nadia Vallée
production accounting
Linda Boucher
development accounting
Sylvie Boulé