Hubert Sabino-Brunette
Hubert Sabino-Brunette a complété son doctorat à l’Université de Montréal, où il a également enseigné le cinéma québécois. Fasciné par les écrits sur le cinéma et les films, sa thèse porte sur la critique cinématographique dans les quotidiens montréalais des années 1920 et son mémoire sur la réception critique du cinéma québécois, dans les revues québécoises de cinéma des années 1960-70. Passionné de cinéma, il a développé une dépendance au documentaire qu’il tente de soigner en s’impliquant dans les comités de programmation des RIDM, du Cinéma sous les étoiles et de Tënk, notamment. Il enseigne également l'histoire du documentaire, depuis 2018, à l’École des métiers du cinéma et de la vidéo (EMCV) du Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup. Il affectionne particulièrement les oeuvres cinématographiques qui explorent les possibles du cinéma, tout en appréciant les documentaires plus chargés socialement et politiquement. Coups de coeur : Dida (Nikola Ilic et Corina Schwingraber Ilic) Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle (Frank Beauvais) Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor et Verana Paravel) Les printemps incertains (Sylvain L'Espérance) Sans frapper (Alexe Poukine) No Crying at the Dinner Table (Carol Nguyen) Yours in Sisterhood (Irene Lusztig) Primas (Laura Bari) Hale County This Morning, This Evening (RaMell Ross)
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