Quiet Zone (film)

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Quiet Zone
Ondes et Silence
Directed by Karl Lemieux
David Bryant
Written by Karl Lemieux
David Bryant
Produced by Julie Roy [1]
Edited byCharles-André Coderre
Music by David Bryant
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)(IFFR)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Quiet Zone is a 2015 Canadian experimental short documentary film [1] directed by Karl Lemieux and David Bryant; they co-wrote the screenplay and Bryant wrote the score. [2] It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. [1]

The film premiered in January 2015 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam where it was a part of the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2015. [2] At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards the film was nominated for Best Short Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. [3]

In the documentary, people living in the United States National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia talk about their electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Visual and sound effects are used to make their distress palpable to the viewer. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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