Wandering: A Rohingya Story

Wandering: A Rohingya Story (French: Errance sans retour, lit. "Wandering Without Return") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and released in 2020.[1] The film is a portrait of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, which houses a large number of refugees from the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar.[2]

Wandering: A Rohingya Story
FrenchErrance sans retour
Directed byMélanie Carrier
Olivier Higgins
Produced byMélanie Carrier
Olivier Higgins
Written byMélanie Carrier
Olivier Higgins
Kala Miya
Narrated byMohammed Shofi
Music byMartin Dumais
CinematographyRenaud Philippe
Edited byOlivier Higgins
Amélie Labrèche
Production
company
MÖ Films
Distributed bySpira
Release date
  • September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) (FCVQ)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Portions of the film were screened in January 2020 as part of Errance sans retour, a multimedia exhibition on the Rohingya crisis at Quebec City's Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in early 2020, alongside photography by Renaud Philippe.[3] The full film had its premiere at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 19, 2020.[4]

Awards

The film won the Public Prize at FCVQ,[5] and the award for Best Documentary at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie.[6]

The Musée des beaux-arts exhibition was named the winner of the Société des musées du Québec's Prix Télé-Québec - Coup de coeur du jury award for museum shows.[7]

References
  1. Valérie Cloutier, "Errance sans retour ou la réalité de réfugiés rohingyas". Ici Radio-Canada Québec, September 8, 2020.
  2. Sylvie Mousseau, "FICFA: dans les profondeurs d'un camp de réfugiés". L'Acadie Nouvelle, November 16, 2020.
  3. Éric Clément, "Errance sans retour, une expo qui vient du cœur". La Presse, January 22, 2020.
  4. Jonathan Lavoie, "Des films en salle au Festival de cinéma de Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, December 10, 2020.
  5. "« ERRANCE SANS RETOUR » de Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins sacré Prix du public au FCVQ et sélectionné dans trois festivals internationaux". CTVM.info, October 7, 2020.
  6. Pascale Savoie-Brideau, "Un bilan positif pour le 34e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 21, 2020.
  7. "MNBAQ : L’expo « Errance sans retour » primé par la Société des musées du Québec". Lien Multimédia, November 4, 2020.
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