''Land of Men'' (french: Terre des hommes) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by
Ky Nam Le Duc
Ky Nam Le Duc is a Vietnamese Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 2009 short film '' Land of Men (Terre des hommes)'', which won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival and ...
and released in 2009. The film centres on José Maria ( Jorge Martinez Colorado), an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who is detained in Quebec by police officers Catherine (Rosa Zacharie) and Patrick (Hugues Saint-Louis).
The film premiered in June 2009 at the
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), founded by Brenda Sherwood in 1994, was an annual film festival held over several days in Toronto, Ontario in June, at The Annex- Yorkville area venues; including the Bloor Cinema, t ...
, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film. It was a
Genie Award
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Toronto Star
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