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Resurrecting Hassan

2016 Canadian film

Resurrecting Hassan (French: La résurrection d’Hassan) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carlo Guillermo Proto and released in 2016.[1] The documentary centres on the Hartings, a family of blind musicians in Montreal who supported themselves by busking in the Guy-Concordia station of the Montreal Metro.[1]

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The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival in November 2016.[2]

Awards

The film was screened at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize.[3]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Proto).[4] It won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.[5]

Resurrecting Hassan was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2018.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Documentary's existence a minor miracle in itself; Resurrecting Hassan captures the tragedy and struggles of a family of blind musicians". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "11 Days, 128 films at doc fest". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "12 awards announced at the Hot Docs film festival for documentaries in Toronto". Canadian Press, May 5, 2017.
  4. [4]
    Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions". Cinemablographer, March 11, 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Radio-Canada. June 3, 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Le problème d'infiltration remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Ici Radio-Canada, March 26, 2018.
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