{"id":90945,"date":"2024-06-21T14:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/?p=90945"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:18:06","slug":"catherine-boivin-telling-intergenerational-stories-through-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/events\/catherine-boivin-telling-intergenerational-stories-through-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Boivin: Telling Intergenerational Stories Through Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I\u2019ve been fortunate to curate two of Catherine Boivin\u2019s films for Telefilm Canada\u2019s Not Short on Talent programme: 6 minutes\/km<\/em><\/a>, presented last year at the Cannes Short Film Corner, and Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin<\/a><\/em>, which just returned from the festival\u2019s 2024 edition. Here\u2019s what I wrote about Boivin\u2019s second short film, which is being distributed by Wapikoni Mobile:<\/p>

\u201cWith a frame split directly down the middle, we see two domestic scenes: Boivin, on one half, doing chores like dishes and laundry; Boivin\u2019s daughter, on the other, playing with her toys and having fun. Atop these images, Boivin has an emotionally honest voiceover in which she addresses her mother; here, with mirrored actions unfolding on both sides of the screen, a remarkable short film is realized.\u201d<\/p>

Recently, I wrote to Boivin (who replied in French, translated into English), eager to learn how she found herself leaving the town of Odanak (population: < 500) to screen her work in Cannes \u2014 not once, but twice:<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019d already made a film with Wapikoni Mobile\u201d, the Atikamekw Nehirowisiw director and multi-disciplinary artist begins. \u201cAt first, I wanted to be a professional make-up and special-effects artist. This in turn led to working as a trainee on an actual film set. But in fact it was also an internship that taught me more about filmmaking. Ultimately, I ended up getting a bachelor\u2019s degree in visual and media arts. I always kept a link open to video editing in my artistic video projects. It was during a stopover in Odanak that I rekindled my dream of working in the film industry.\u201d<\/p>

Boivin explains that Wapikoni Mobile stopovers are month-long community events where the Wapikoni trailer arrives at a community with everything audiovisual needed to make a film \u2014 even post-production assistance from on-site film editors to add any necessary finishing touches. At the end of the month, once the films are done, the community holds screenings to allow everyone to enjoy the work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Catherine Boivin presenting at the 2024 Cannes Short Film Market.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThe idea for [this] film came to me while doing housework one day,\u201d Boivin says. \u201cI was thinking about how I was linked to my daughter, to my mother, and my mother\u2019s link to her own mother. The theme of intergenerational trauma often comes up in First Nations communities. I wanted to talk about the path to forgiveness for being at peace with oneself. I was envisioning the film and thinking of a new way to use the split screen. The concept had a specific goal for showing two people going about their daily lives simultaneously. While I already had the idea for the final edit, I still had to think about how I was going to get there. The two characters are on their own, but in the end they become one.\u201d<\/p>

There\u2019s a moment in Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin<\/em><\/strong> where Boivin addresses the camera directly, but it\u2019s not us she\u2019s speaking to.<\/p>

\u201cMaking the film was a kind of therapy,\u201d she says. \u201cMy mother helped in translating the script into Atikamekw Nehirimowin. Letting her see what I was going to say was part of the process, and it worried me at first, because I didn\u2019t want to hurt her feelings, but I could see that it had to be done. My objective was to reach out to as many people as possible. My story could be anyone\u2019s story. Sure it\u2019s an Indigenous story, but it\u2019s also a universal one. Because it speaks to the inner child. At just around five minutes of runtime, Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin<\/em><\/strong> is short \u2014 even for a short film. \u201cSimplicity goes a long way,\u201d Boivin adds. \u201cThe right balance of words and images can convey an important message.\u201d<\/p>

Here, that message is one of courage. \u201cMy hope is that it will help bring Indigenous and others closer together\u201d, Boivin says, who is also working on a longer film. \u201cI want to encourage more awareness among my Atikamekw Nehirowisiw brothers and sisters so they can speak out freely about the traumas they\u2019ve endured.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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