''Big Giant Wave'' (french: Comme une vague, lit. "Like a Wave") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Marie-Julie Dallaire Marie-Julie Dallaire is a Canadian film director from Quebec. She is most noted as one of the directors of the 1996 anthology film ''Cosmos'', which was Canada's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 70th Academy Awards and a ...

and released in 2021.J.P. Karwacki
"In Big Giant Wave, a film about the all-encompassing power of music, it all comes back to Montreal"
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'', April 6, 2021. The film is an homage to the power and influence of

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

, exploring the topic both through performance clips and interviews with various figures including singer-songwriter Patrick Watson, classical violinist

Stéphane Tétreault Stéphane Tétreault (born 10 April 1993) is a Canadian cellist. He first made international headlines as the recipient of Bernard Greenhouse's cello, the 1707 "Countess of Stainlein Ex- Paganini" Stradivarius, generously loaned to him by Mrs. Ja ...

and DJ

Osunlade Osunlade (; born March 13, 1969) is an American-born musician and music producer. Biography Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for ''Sesame Street'' during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterward, he moved t ...

. The film premiered on March 19, 2021, at the International Festival of Films on Art in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

,François Lévesque
"Marie-Julie Dallaire et Jean-Marc Vallée: la poésie du son"
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Le Devoir ''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910. ''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...

'', March 19, 2021. before being released commercially on April 2 in both English and French versions.

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* 2021 films 2021 documentary films Canadian musical documentary films Quebec films French-language Canadian films English-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films Best Documentary Film Jutra and Iris Award winners {{2020s-Canada-documentary-film-stub