''Bonfires'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by

Martin Bureau Martin Bureau is a Canadian multimedia artist from Quebec. He is most noted for his exhibition ''Les murs du désordre'', an exploration of the use of literal or metaphorical walls to enforce national, ethnic or religious divisions. ''Bonfires'', ...

and released in 2017. The film depicts the controversial

Eleventh Night In Northern Ireland, the Eleventh Night or 11th Night, also known as "bonfire night", is the night before the Twelfth of July, an Ulster Protestant celebration. On this night, large towering bonfires are lit in Protestant loyalist neighbourhoods ...

celebrations in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, when

Ulster Protestants Ulster Protestants ( ga, Protastúnaigh Ultach) are an ethnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43.5% of the population. Most Ulster Protestants are descendants of settlers who arrived from Britain in the ...

continue to light large

bonfire A bonfire is a large and controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. Etymology The earliest recorded uses of the word date back to the late 15th century, with the Catho ...

s each year to commemorate the Protestant victory over

Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

in the

Battle of the Boyne The Battle of the Boyne ( ga, Cath na Bóinne ) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England and Ireland, VII of Scotland, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and ...

. The film premiered at the Traces de vies documentary film festival in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

in 2017. It was screened at a number of film festivals thereafter, and was incorporated into Bureau's larger multimedia exhibition ''Les murs du désordre''.

Awards

In 2018, the film won the Prix Farel for best short film at the Festival international du film à thématique religieuse in Neufchâtel, Switzerland. In 2019, the film received a

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...

nomination for Best Short Documentary at the

7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.

.Barry Walsh
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'', February 8, 2019.

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 short documentary films Canadian short documentary films Films shot in Northern Ireland Documentary films about religion 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub