''Let the Daylight Into the Swamp'' is a 2012 Canadian short docudrama film, directed by

Jeffrey St. Jules Jeffrey St. Jules is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2015 for his debut feature film ''Bang Bang Baby''. The film also won the award for Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First ...

.Leslie Scrivener, "Into the swamp of family memory: Filmmaker uses poetry, humour to recount relatives' hurtful history". ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

'', September 13, 2012. Exploring the breakup of his grandparents Donal and Hélène soon after his father's birth, the film is narrated by

Matthew Rankin Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his 2014 film '' Mynarski Death Plummet'', which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a s ...

, and dramatizes the original events as acted by a cast that includes Pierre Simpson and Colombe Demers as his grandparents in their youth, and Sean McCann and

Diana Leblanc Diana Leblanc (born 1943) is a Canadian television and film actress, best known to US audiences for her portrayal of Frannie Halcyon in the TV miniseries ''More Tales of the City'' (1998) and its follow-up ''Further Tales of the City'' (2001). ...

as his grandparents in older age. The film premiered at the

2012 Toronto International Film Festival The 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 16, 2012. TIFF announced the films that were accepted on August 21, 2012. On its 37th edition the TIFF included a 2 ...

. It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary, Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, and won the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Best of Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Best of Festival and Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Experimental, Best Experimental at the Yorkton Film Festival.Shinoah Young, "Regina director wins top Sask. prize". ''Regina Leader-Post'', May 29, 2013.

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