LANDS OF THE AMERICAS
2021 | Canada | Directed by Patrick Bossé | Produced by Patrick Bossé and Figure 55 | In collaboration with René Derouin | French, English, Spanish
45 min
Licensing
The multidisciplinary artist René Derouin celebrated his 80th birthday and 60 years of artistic practice in 2016. The two events serve as a pretext to present his dense work and learnings in an extraordinary immersive film. In the form of a “road movie”, the film’s plot revolves around Derouin’s creations in connection with the key places of his journey: life in his native land in Quebec, the trips back and forth to his host land in Mexico, exiles all over the world, including in Japan but especially in America, with a crossing of the United States and a passage in the Far North. Halfway between art film and experimental documentary, Territories of the Américas is above all an immersive artistic experience at the heart of René Derouin’s work and thoughts, combining graphic animation and location filming.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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- WINNER – Best Feature Film in Dome Format | Best of Earth Awards, mai 2023
- WINNER – Best narrative movie | Dome Under Film Festival, Australie, février 2023
- WINNER – Grand Prize — Sphere of Light | Dome Fest West, Los Angeles, octobre 2022
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Macon Film Festival, USA, 2022
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Jena Fulldome Film Festival, Germany, 2022
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Imersa Festival, Canada, 2022
CREDITS
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With
René Derouin
And
Michèle Campeau
Guy Davidson
Writer, Director and Producer
Patrick Bossé
Original Idea
Pascale Pelletier
Michel D.T Lam
René Derouin
Executive Producer
Pascal Pelletier
Grafic animator
Sindre Ulvik Péladeau
Photograph Director
Antonio Pierre De Almeida
Editor
Myriam Magassouba
Artistic Director
Martin Bernier
Original Music
Frannie Holder
Sound Conceptor
Vincent Cardinal
Sound Recording
Dominique Chartrand
Antonio Pierre De Almeida
Music Mixing
Benoit Bouchard
Artwork Photography
Lucien Lisabelle
Artwork cutting
Julien Croteau
Noémie Da Silva
Janie Bastien
Colorization
Joana Rodrigues
Technic Director
Pierre-Luc Paré
Producer coordinator
Cynthia Bilodeau Roy
Marie-Josée Lagrange
Aerial Filming
Martin Desbiens
Martin Lemire
Patrick St-Arnaud
Photography Director (Mexique)
Frank Beltran
Producer Director (Mexique)
Jorge Orozco
Producer Coordinator (Mexique)
Laura Garciandia
Interview Studio
Air M.S. Média
Camera assistance, Studio
Thibault Larrieu
Makeup, Studio
Sylvie Charland
Costume, Studio
Éric Poirier
Equipments location
Sixsic Média
Dima Productions
7IMA Productions
Society for Arts and Technology
Monique Savoie
Louis-Philippe St-Arnault
Dominic Paquin
Joseph Lefèvre
Alexandre Auché
Mourad Bennacer
Vincent Brault
Julien Lanthier
Hubblo
Pascal Pelletier
Jean-Philippe Turgeon
Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Laurent Rozencwajg
Canada Council for the Arts
Paul Thinel
Crowdfunding
La Ruche
Elsie Lefebvre
Alexandre Goyer
David Décary
Financial Assistants
Antonine Salina
Geneviève Côté
Solen Labrie Trépanier
Comptability
Nadia palmer
Website conceptor
Mbiance
Jean-Philippe Marin
Hilda Rojad
Thanks from the director
Catherine Dumas · Edmond Bossé · Françoise Bossé · Jeanne Molleur · Julie Corbeil · Bruno Boulianne · Jacinthe Robillard · Simon Gervais · Valérie St-Yves ·Erandy Vergara · Gilles Lapointe Philippe Papineau · Olivier Allain · Paul Cargnello · Sonia Cesaratto · Montserrat Gali · Alejandro Estivill · Juana Lourdes
Thanks from the producer
Yanik Daunais · François Dubuc · Fanny Bissonnette · Anne Paré · Inti Cordera · Catherine Chagnon Ghyslain Boileau · Dominic St-Amant · Christelle Renoux · Clémence Bélanger · Bryan Perreault Kathy Poulin · Jacques S. Tremblay · Jean-François Bélisle · Jean-Jacques Lachapelle · Élisabeth Mathieu · Marie-Andrée Levasseur · Catherine Thériault · Isabelle Lonftin
Special thanks to the women and men who contributed to the crowdfunding campaign on La Ruche
René Derouin
Multidisciplinary Artist
Born in Montreal in 1936, René Drouin currently resides in Val-David, in the Laurentians region of Quebec. For over sixty years, he has been developing a unique body of work in which concepts of identity and territory are framed within a broader perspective of the Americas. His approach is highly relevant today and is expressed through printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and installations. In recognition of the excellence of his work, he has received numerous honors, including the National Order of Quebec, the Order of Canada, and the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.
Patrick Bossé
Writer, Director, Producer
A native of Montreal, Patrick developed his passion for cinema during his teenage years, armed with a basic camcorder, filming under the oil refineries’ flames in Pointe-aux-Trembles. He has worked as a screenwriter and director for nearly fifteen years. He is also involved as a designer in a variety of projects that combine storytelling, immersion, and interactivity.
Pascal Pelletier
Producer
Pascal has extensive experience in audiovisual production and directing. In 2006, he founded Productions Figure 55. He contributes to the development of works ranging from classical to experimental formats, while incorporating the many facets of new multimedia technologies. In recent years, he has completed more than fifteen 360° films and virtual reality videos