''Prayer for a Lost Mitten'' (french: Prière pour une mitaine perdue) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

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and released in 2020. The film centres on the

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office of the Montreal Metro system. The film premiered as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Due to the

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it was not screened theatrically, but premiered as part of the festival's online streaming component. It was named the winner of the festival's Best Canadian Feature Documentary award.

Awards

The film received three

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in 2021, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary ( Marianne Ploska), Best Original Music in a Documentary (Tom Brunt) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Marie-Andrée Cormier, Olivier Germain, Marie-Pierre Grenier).Jean-François Vandeuren
"La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021"
''Showbizz.net'', April 26, 2021. In 2022, the film was shortlisted for the

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. The film received a

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nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary, and Ploska won the award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, at the

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in 2022.Jamie Samhan
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'', April 4, 2022.

References

External links

* {{Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature Documentary 2020 films 2020 documentary films Canadian documentary films Documentary films about Montreal Quebec films 2020s French-language films French-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films