Seeing Through the Darkness

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Seeing Through the Darkness
French Les yeux ne font pas le regard
Directed by Simon Plouffe
Written bySimon Plouffe
Produced bySimon Plouffe
CinematographySimon Plouffe
Edited by Natalie Lamoureux
Production
company
Les Films de l'autre
Distributed byLes Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • November 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)(RIDM)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesSpanish
Russian
Japanese
German
Serbo-Croatian
Ukrainian

Seeing Through the Darkness (French : Les yeux ne font pas le regard) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Simon Plouffe and released in 2024. [1] The film profiles several people from around the world who have been left visually impaired or blind in armed conflict, documenting their reflections on their experiences of losing their sight and having to adapt to a new way of living. [2]

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It additionally conveys the experience of becoming visually impaired by using various cinematographic techniques, such as blurring, ghosting, doubling and mirroring, to disrupt and distort the film's visuals and heighten the impact of its sound design. [3]

Plouffe first announced production on the film in 2021. [4]

The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival in 2024, [5] before going into commercial release in 2025. [1]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Canadian Screen Awards 2026 Best Sound Design in a Documentary Simon Plouffe Pending [6]

References

  1. 1 2 André Duchesne, "Perdre la vue, mais pas son identité". La Presse , May 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ Cédric Laval, "LES YEUX NE FONT PAS LE REGARD". 24 images , May 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ Olivier Thibodeau, "Yeux ne font pas le regard, Les (2024)". Panorama-Cinéma, May 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Frédéric Bouchard, "Simon Plouffe prépare un documentaire long sous le thème de la perception et du regard". Qui Fait Quoi, May 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ Samy Benammar, Thomas Filteau, Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau and Claire Valade, "RIDM 2024 : Partie 1". Panorama-Cinéma, November 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary Nominations". Point of View , March 25, 2026.
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