Manic | |
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Directed by | Kalina Bertin |
Written by | Kalina Bertin |
Produced by |
Mila Aung-Thwin Kalina Bertin Daniel Cross Bob Moore Halima Ouardiri Marina Serrao |
Cinematography | Kalina Bertin |
Edited by |
Anouk Deschênes Hélène Girard |
Music by | Octavio Torija Alvarez |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Manic is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Kalina Bertin. [1] The film depicts Bertin's efforts, in response to a family history of bipolar disorder, to investigate parts of her father's prior life in Montserrat that she did not know about; [2] she ultimately uncovers the revelations that her father was a cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women. [3]
The film premiered at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [4]
When Daniel Cross won Hot Docs' Don Haig Award, he selected Bertin as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers. [5]
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary ( Anouk Deschênes). [6] It was also a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards. [7]
The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019. [8]
Manic | |
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Directed by | Kalina Bertin |
Written by | Kalina Bertin |
Produced by |
Mila Aung-Thwin Kalina Bertin Daniel Cross Bob Moore Halima Ouardiri Marina Serrao |
Cinematography | Kalina Bertin |
Edited by |
Anouk Deschênes Hélène Girard |
Music by | Octavio Torija Alvarez |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Manic is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Kalina Bertin. [1] The film depicts Bertin's efforts, in response to a family history of bipolar disorder, to investigate parts of her father's prior life in Montserrat that she did not know about; [2] she ultimately uncovers the revelations that her father was a cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women. [3]
The film premiered at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [4]
When Daniel Cross won Hot Docs' Don Haig Award, he selected Bertin as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers. [5]
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary ( Anouk Deschênes). [6] It was also a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards. [7]
The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019. [8]