A PAS DE GÉANTS/ GIANTS LEAP

(Florence Debeugny & Lynsey Hamilton, Canada, 2007, 57 min. v.o.a. subtitled).

Also shown Feb.13.

Une expansion immobilière rapide exerce actuellement une forte pression sur le patrimoine du centre-ville de Vancouver; elle élimine l’évidence physique d’un passé par des choix contestables de constructions de qualité médiocre et néglige les retombées sociales et économiques à long terme. Les résidents doivent partir à cause de la chasse au profit des promoteurs alors que les nouveaux logements ne sont accessibles qu’aux riches. Giants Leap/ À pas de géants, portrait diversifié d’un quartier en pleine transformation, remet en question les valeurs changeantes d’une société concernant le progrès, la préservation du patrimoine, le logement et la culture.

Fast development overlooks the social and economic long-term. The development pressures in Vancouver on old structures and heritage are erasing the physical evidence of the past, replacing it with questionable construction choices. The city is becoming one accessible only for the rich and the quality of architecture has been identified as second or third rate. The residents are being driven out of their homes by developers pursuing profit. Giants Leap/ À pas de géants is a diverse portrait of a changing neighbourhood and the changing values of a society, raising questions of progress, heritage preservation, housing and culture.

FLORENCE DEBEUGNY

Giant Leap/ À pas de géants

Cast List
Michelle Monforton, resident
Sam Campbell, resident
Linda Madeleine Ruppa, resident
Blair Rasmussen, resident
Donald Luxton, president Heritage Vancouver
Penny Gurstein, School of community and regional planning at UBC
Trevor Boddy, architecture critic
Michael Gordon, senior downtown planner

Credit List
Directed and written by: Florence Debeugny and Lynsey Hamilton

Research: Florence Debeugny

Research assistant: Geneviève Lamy

Production assistant: Stéphanie Souillé

Camera: Lynsey Hamilton, Ryan Keenan, Jason Pope

Still photography: Florence Debeugny

Sound recording: Lynsey Hamilton

Sound design: Gordon Cobb

Music recording: Gordon Cobb

Composition: Gordon Cobb

Music performed by: Alison Jenkins, Jon Teague, Gordon Cobb

Post production coordinator: Lynsey Hamilton

Edited by: Lynsey Hamilton

Animations: Lynsey Hamilton

Colour correction: Trent Payton

LYNSEY HAMILTON

Lynsey Hamilton Filmmaker’s Bio
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Lynsey Hamilton immigrated to Canada in 1986. Hamilton is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts with a major in Film. To date she has worked on over 25 short and independent films and has written, directed and shot four original narrative resistant shorts. With a focus on experimental and documentary film Hamilton recently has completed her first full-length documentary.

Filmography
Giants Leap/ À pas de géants- 56 min documentary, 2007
“Sechelt Nnots”- 10 min experimental DV short, 2006
“Counter Point”- 10 min experimental DV short, 2005
“Leah”- 10 min experimental documentary DV short, 2004
“Bocce Balls”- 10 min 16mm comedic narrative, 2003
“Out of Order”- 5 min 16mm experimental short, 2002
“Goin’ Down”- 5 min 16mm experimental short, 2001

Florence Debeugny Filmmaker’s Bio
Born in Paris, France, Florence Debeugny immigrated to Canada in 1979. Debeugny is a self-taught photographer who has presented her photographs in multiple venues and capacities since 1996. In 2000 Debeugny produced a 400-slide, 5 projector, soundtracked installation, collaboration with soundscape composer, Hildegard Westerkamp. This project At the Edge of Wilderness, was Debeugny’s first approach to the marriage of her images with movement and sound, in preparation for her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her first production was the 26-minute experimental documentary, Almost Gone, Remains of Cannery Villages which has since been on display at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum as well as other BC Coast museums.

Filmography
Giants Leap/ À pas de géants- 56 min documentary, 2007
Almost Gone, Remains of Cannery Villages- 26 min e

* see also

http://www.sfu.ca/geog351fall03/groups-webpages/gp9/home.htm

www.heritagevancouver.org

www.bridgetownproject.com