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What Remains of Us
20041 h 16 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: François PrévostHugo Latulippe
Production: Yves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)François Prévost (Nomadik Films)
Script: François PrévostHugo Latulippe
A Nomadik Films production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, with the financial support from Radio-Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rogers Documentary Film Fund, Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC, and with support from the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Telefilm Canada.
Forced to seek refuge in India and still viewed by China as a threat to national security, the Dalai Lama had never returned to Lhasa. For 50 years, he had been prevented from crossing the mountains separating him prom his homeland. For 50 years, he had not spoken directly to Tibetans inside the country.
Kalsang Dolma, a young Tibetan refugee in Quebec, crosses the Himalayas. Into the largest prison in the world, she carries a video message recorded by the spiritual and political leader of Tibetans. Families gather around the tiny screen, transfixed, and for one of the first times, the voices of this fragile people under the yoke of suffering reach us from across the distance.
This film was shot without the knowledge of the Chinese authorities, using small digital cameras, during nearly a dozen secret forays into Tibet between 1996 and 2004.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government > AsiaPolitical Repression
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > BuddhismReligion, Politics and Society
- Developing Countries > ChinaReligionTibet
- Social Studies > Communities in Canada/World
- Media Education > Documentary Film
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
- Diversity > Identity
Credits
- researcher
- François Prévost
- Hugo Latulippe
- script
- François Prévost
- Hugo Latulippe
- direction
- François Prévost
- Hugo Latulippe
- collaboration
- Kalsang Dolma
- voice
- Kalsang Dolma
- narration writer
- Hugo Latulippe
- narration director
- Hugo Latulippe
- narration consultant
- François Prévost
- Annie Jean
- Kalsang Dolma
- Jean Charlebois
- original music
- Techung
- René Lussier
- editing
- Annie Jean
- editing assistant
- Martine Forget
- Mirenda Ouellet
- Anouk Deslauriers
- sound
- François Senneville
- dialogue editor
- Mira Mailhot
- camera
- François Prévost
- Hugo Latulippe
- sound recording
- François Prévost
- Hugo Latulippe
- stills photography
- François Prévost
- technical support - editing
- Martine Forget
- Danielle Raymond
- Ochelle Greenidge
- titles
- Louise Overy
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- Denis Gathelier
- mix
- Shelley Craig
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- translation
- Thupten Jinpa
- Stephen Jones
- Kalsang Dolma
- Kunsang Gyamtso
- Jean Morissette
- Thubten Samdup
- Yeshi
- Gonpo Tsering
- Mr. Xu
- Monks of Manjushri
- subtitling
- Christine York
- graphic design
- Tenzin Jigme
- archival research
- Colette Lebeuf
- Kalsang Dolma
- administration
- Kalsang Dolma
- Martine Larouche
- Denise DesLauriers
- Aide au cinéma indépendant
- Monique Létourneau
- Marie-Christine Guité
- marketing
- Élise Labbé
- David Boisclair
- marketing assistant
- Florence François
- Luce Gonthier
- Émilie Villeneuve
- administrative staff
- Hélène Regimbal
- Lise Lévesque
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- line production
- Johanne Bergeron
- producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- François Prévost
- associate producer
- Lucille Veilleux
Awards
- One of the Top 10 Canadian Films of 2004Canada's Top Ten
- Annie Jean: Best Editing: Public Affairs, Documentary- ProgramPrix Gémeaux
- François Prévost - Best Script: DocumentaryPrix Gémeaux
- Award for Best DocumentaryHollywood Film Festival
- Award for Best of FestivalMountain Film Festival
- People's Choice AwardAtlantic International Film Festival
- Best Canadian Feature Film AwardAtlantic International Film Festival
- Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Film - ex-aequo with BEING CARIBOUInternational Film Festival
- Award from l'Association Québécoise des Critiques de cinéma for Best Feature FilmRendez-vous Québec Cinéma