Montreal, Quebec
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film historian
The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century.
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for more than twenty years. After completing studies in literature, film and communications, he directed several acclaimed films.
Career
Desjardins received the Quebec Film Critic (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma, or AQCC) award for best short film two years in a row for ''La Dame aux poupées'' (''The Doll Lady'') (1996) and for ''Boris Lehman, filmmaker'' (1997), a portrait of
Boris Lehman
Boris Lehman (born 3 March 1944, Lausanne), is a Belgian author-filmmaker of experimental cinema.
Lehman initially studied piano, but in the early 1960s became interested in photography and cinema. In 1966, after graduating in Film Studies from ...
the Belgian filmmaker for whom life is a reason to make films, and making films is a reason for living. He then joined the
National Film Board of Canada
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Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Being Human'' and '' Rebel with a Camera'', which won him the Quebec Film Critic award for best medium-length documentary.
Desjardins has also produced and co-directed the short films ''Me Bob Robert'' and ''Peter and the Penny''; the latter received the award for best short fiction film at the 2006 ''Festival Images en vue''. Desjardins’ third feature-length film, '' The Great Resistance'', was nominated for a
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.The Private Life of Cinema'') follows the path of filmmakers who never gave up on their dream to produce
feature-length
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fictions films and create a
Quebec
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film industry. With Joanne Robertson, he created a web production, ''Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts'', to celebrate the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...