David B. Ricard works in Quebec City as an independent director and video designer for the performing arts. His work deals with intimacy and questions the cinematic medium as well as the representation of the self through personal archives. His first feature-length documentary, Surfing on Grace (2016) follows his connection to his younger brother, a champion skateboard slalom racer. In Living Vocalities (2018), he documents the journey of translating a Quebec poem across the Canadian Francophone landscape. David Against Goliath (2022) is his third feature-length documentary.
While filming his native land, David B. Ricard is entrusted with the task of documenting the creative process of a show of poetry and music across the Canadian Francophonie. This project gives him the opportunity to question the relationship to roots (land, language), adaptation (poetry, territory), and the process of relating to the other (team, subject). In this documentary essay, the filmmak...
David follows, over the course of five years, his brother Louis – a slalom skateboarding champion –through his evolution as an athlete. With an introspective approach, he tries to find common features in both their paths and stumbles upon the concept of grace. It thus forces Louis to ponder upon philosophical questions, while David finds himself trapped in the reflective process he started. The...
While filming his native land, David B. Ricard is entrusted with the task of documenting the creative process of a show of poetry and music across the Canadian Francophonie. This project gives him the opportunity to question the relationship to roots (land, language), adaptation (poetry, territory), and the process of relating to the other (team, subject). In this documentary essay, the filmmak...
David follows, over the course of five years, his brother Louis – a slalom skateboarding champion –through his evolution as an athlete. With an introspective approach, he tries to find common features in both their paths and stumbles upon the concept of grace. It thus forces Louis to ponder upon philosophical questions, while David finds himself trapped in the reflective process he started. The...