Canadian
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documentary filmmaker from
Quebec
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Le Soleil
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'', February 19, 2021. The cofounder with her husband
Olivier Higgins
Olivier Higgins (born 1979) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec.Éric Moreault"Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins : Au cœur du plus vaste camp de réfugiés au monde" ''Le Soleil'', February 19, 2021. The cofounder with his wife Mél ...
of the production studio Mö Films, the duo concentrate primarily on films about the relationships of the world's
indigenous peoples
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with the wider world.
The duo's first film '' Asiemut'', chronicling a bicycling trip they took in Asia, was released in 2006.
They followed up in 2011 with the feature documentary ''Encounters (Rencontre)'', and the short documentary ''Ice Philosophy (L'homme de glace)''.
Their 2013 film '' Québékoisie'' was 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.Best Documentary Film at the
16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion ...
.
In 2019 they collaborated with photographer Renaud Philippe on '' Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour)'', a multimedia museum show and documentary film about the Rohingya crisis in
Myanmar
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. The film was a
Canadian Screen Award
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9th Canadian Screen Awards
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, and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the
23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than ...