Manic (2017 film)

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Manic
Directed by Kalina Bertin
Written byKalina Bertin
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin
Kalina Bertin
Daniel Cross
Bob Moore
Halima Ouardiri
Marina Serrao
CinematographyKalina Bertin
Edited by Anouk Deschênes
Hélène Girard
Music byOctavio Torija Alvarez
Production
company
Release date
  • April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)(Hot Docs)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Manic is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Kalina Bertin. [1] The film depicts Bertin's efforts, in response to a family history of bipolar disorder, to investigate parts of her father's prior life in Montserrat that she did not know about; [2] she ultimately uncovers the revelations that her father was a cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women. [3]

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The film premiered at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [4]

Awards

When Daniel Cross won Hot Docs' Don Haig Award, he selected Bertin as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers. [5]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary (Anouk Deschênes). [6] It was also a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards. [7]

The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019. [8]

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References

  1. "La documentariste Kalina Bertin sur les traces d’un père fantôme". Le Devoir , November 13, 2017.
  2. "5 must-see Canadian films at Hot Docs". CTV News, April 27, 2017.
  3. T'Cha Dunlevy, "'So exposed': Filmmaker's debut, Manic, mines her family's mental health history". Montreal Gazette , February 1, 2018.
  4. Laura Anne Harris, "HotDocs Interview: Director Kalina Bertin explores her family’s bipolar disorder in Manic". Seventh Row, May 2, 2017.
  5. "Daniel Cross wins Don Haig Award". Realscreen, May 1, 2017.
  6. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions". Cinemablographer, March 11, 2018.
  7. André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse , April 10, 2018.
  8. ""Happy Face" remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). March 30, 2019.