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Sometimes I Wish I Was On a Desert Island
202010 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Eli Jean Tahchi
Production: Pierre-Mathieu Fortin (National Film Board of Canada)Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Eli Jean Tahchi
As the world learns to live again in the midst of the pandemic, for many Arabic-speaking LGBTQ+ people living in Montreal, this is just a period of time like any other. When you’ve fled homophobic violence in your home country and endured a painful migratory journey, or you still face social prejudices stemming from intercultural and intergenerational conflicts, surviving social isolation is nothing new.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Ethnic Groups and Cultural Communities
- Social Issues > Health and IllnessImmigrant ExperienceIntergenerational Conflict
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
Credits
- direction
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- writing
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- participant
- Adam Khatra
- Hany Shokair
- Andrew Khoury
- producer
- Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
- editing
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- animation
- Arash Akhgari
- Francis-William Rhéaume
- app design
- Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
- Tatiana Matsoulevitch
- app animation
- Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
- Tatiana Matsoulevitch
- sound design
- Patrice LeBlanc
- music
- Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Patrick Trahan
- titles design
- Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
- infographics
- Alain Ostiguy
- Cynthia Ouellet
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- colourization
- Yannick Carrier
- sound effects creation
- Lise Wedlock
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Isabelle Lussier
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- senior production coordinator
- Joëlle Lapointe
- production coordinator
- Alexandra Bourque
- Chinda Phommarinh
- studio coordinator
- Gabrielle Dupont
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Claveau
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- executive producer
- Nathalie Cloutier