Johanne Fournier
Born in Matane, Johanne Fournier studied at the National Theatre School of Canada, and worked as an actress for a few years before moving behind the camera. In 1980, with Vidéo Femmes, in Québec, she participated in the creation of thirty documentaries, essays and fiction films, as a screenwriter, director and editor. Back in Matane in 1997, she made several films, including Larguer les amarres (1999), Cabines (2007) and Le temps que prennent les bateaux (2011). As an independent filmmaker, she combines a documentary approach with narrative research. Her films have been presented in film festivals and on television and have been shown France, Italy and Japan. She received the prize for artistic creation from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec in 2007.
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C’est une bonne journée
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A short, deconstructed story about depression and the mental health of a woman who drinks.
Le temps que prennent les bateaux
Le temps que prennent les bateaux
In the port of Matane, there is a ferry, a shrimp factory, a shipyard, dredges, barges and a train that moves forward and backward all the time. Between the modern machines and the very old gestures, there are fishermen, passers-by, travellers. There is this film. Almost without words, almost without music. In balance between the devastating daily life and the sometimes wonderful effects of the...
C’est une bonne journée
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A short, deconstructed story about depression and the mental health of a woman who drinks.
Le temps que prennent les bateaux
Le temps que prennent les bateaux
In the port of Matane, there is a ferry, a shrimp factory, a shipyard, dredges, barges and a train that moves forward and backward all the time. Between the modern machines and the very old gestures, there are fishermen, passers-by, travellers. There is this film. Almost without words, almost without music. In balance between the devastating daily life and the sometimes wonderful effects of the...
