The films of Nicolas Paquet
In 2011, independent filmmaker Nicolas Paquet directed his first feature-length documentary, The Golden Rule. This was followed by the feature Living Like the Land and the short Sugar Shack Tales, presented at numerous festivals in Canada and abroad. In 2017, he launched Esprit de cantine, selected notably at the RIDM. His most recent film, The Act of Beauty, immerses viewers in the thoughts of farmer and philosopher Jean Bédard. Through his creations, he puts rural realities into images based on a search for sincerity. He creates a place for everyday resistance fighters to speak out.
With a master's degree in political philosophy on the question of indigenous resurgence, he puts his thoughts and questions on community, rural territory, loss, and injustice into images. He is co-founder of franC doc, a production company based in the Lower St. Lawrence region since 2003. His documentary credits include Verdoyant pure laine (2005) and A beau venir qui part de loin (2009).
Nicolas Paquet is one of the founders of the ciné-club Projections Cinédit. He played an active role in the development of the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup film and video school. He was a member of the committee that set up the Vues dans le tête de... Festival, Rivière-du-Loup's first film festival. He has served on the boards of several organizations promoting the vitality and future of documentary cinema (Documentary Organization of Canada, Documentary Network, Quebec Media Arts Council, Les Films du 3 mars, Paraloeil).
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Living Like the Land
On the shore of the Great Slave Lake, the Denes survived more than 100 years of colonialism. Even today, they have to face massive challenges in order to regain pride and connection to the land. Through encounters with young Denes, this documentary illustrates how they still try to live the Dene way of life. _Living Like the Land_ gives an authentic look at the life of the Dene people, the last...
Chef.fe.s de brousse
This documentary follows three Quebec chefs who got off the beaten track to offer gastronomy that brings us together and reflects who we are. In the forest, fields, and along the St. Lawrence River, they pick startling ingredients and lay the territory’s fruits right on the plate. By doing so, these gourmet creators draw a mentality shift toward the flowering of a kind of culinary art in harmon...
Snack Bar Rhapsody
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Along the countryside roads, little white cabins attract hungry people. Craving for their “poutine” and French fries, they keep coming back to their “cantine”, as snack bars are called in Quebec. Run by women working long hours every day, every summer, those places embody a strange summer ritual, a tradition standing against the fast food chains.
Living Like the Land
On the shore of the Great Slave Lake, the Denes survived more than 100 years of colonialism. Even today, they have to face massive challenges in order to regain pride and connection to the land. Through encounters with young Denes, this documentary illustrates how they still try to live the Dene way of life. _Living Like the Land_ gives an authentic look at the life of the Dene people, the last...
Chef.fe.s de brousse
This documentary follows three Quebec chefs who got off the beaten track to offer gastronomy that brings us together and reflects who we are. In the forest, fields, and along the St. Lawrence River, they pick startling ingredients and lay the territory’s fruits right on the plate. By doing so, these gourmet creators draw a mentality shift toward the flowering of a kind of culinary art in harmon...
Snack Bar Rhapsody
Subscription access
Along the countryside roads, little white cabins attract hungry people. Craving for their “poutine” and French fries, they keep coming back to their “cantine”, as snack bars are called in Quebec. Run by women working long hours every day, every summer, those places embody a strange summer ritual, a tradition standing against the fast food chains.
