Acadiana (film)

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Acadiana
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Directed by Guillaume Fournier
Samuel Matteau
Yannick Nolin
Written byGuillaume Fournier
Produced byJean-Pierre Vézina
CinematographyYannick Nolin
Edited bySamuel Matteau
Music byMathieu Cantin
Samuel Matteau
Mathieu Robineau
Production
company
Projet Kinomada
Distributed bySpira
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Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Acadiana is a 2019 Canadian short documentary film directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin. [1] The film explores the changing face of Cajun culture in the United States, and its roots in the Acadian culture of Canada, through a profile of the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. [2] The film was the second part of a trilogy by the directors about Cajun culture, following Let the Good Times Roll (Laissez les bon temps rouler) in 2017 and preceding Belle River in 2022. [3]

The film premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival. [4]

At the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, the directors won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film. [5] In December 2019, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films. [6]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [7]

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