BONHEUR À TOUS: Loïc Guyot, Québec, 2012, 13 min 28 s, avec Luc Picard, Robert Léger, Pascale Montpetit.

Au chevet de son ami mourant, un homme évoque leurs souvenirs communs, certains cocasses, d’autres lourds d’émotion avec, en toile de fond, le fleuve Saint-Laurent, la pluie et le vent... / At the bedside of his dying friend, a man recalls their shared memories, some funny, others heavy with emotion, as a backdrop, the St. Lawrence River, the rain and wind ...

Martine Chartrand, Québec, 2012, animation, 10 m 52

Au Québec, vers 1933, le jeune poète Félix Leclerc se lie d’amitié avec l’ingénieur-chimiste jamaïcain Frank Randolph MacPherson. Amateur de jazz, universitaire et employé d’une compagnie papetière, MacPherson inspire Leclerc, qui écrit alors une chanson portant sur la drave, qu’il intitule « MacPherson ».The subject is Leclerc’s friendship with a Jamaican-born chemist, a jazz lover, who becomes the centre of a story that looks at the part played by Black raftsmen in Quebec shipyards, the comradeship between the races and the art that developed from it. MacPherson is another musical film that takes up and focuses on a number of subjects from the previous film. MacPherson confirms the strength of her social commitment and is an example of cinema as a vehicle for history, fighting against ignorance and helping to build up a positive image of racial realities. In the world of Canadian animation film she is a shining example of integrity, willpower and perseverance.

HENRI: Yan England, QC, 2011, 21 min, avec Gérard Poirier, Marie Tifo, Louise Laprade.

Inspiré de la vie du grand-père maternel de Yan England, Henry raconte la longue descente d’un homme dans les méandres de la maladie d’Alzheimer. / Henry, a great concert pianist, has his life thrown in turmoil the day the love of his life, Maria, disappears mysteriously.

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