Paul-Claude Demers
Paul-Claude Demers is a self-taught independent filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and visual artist based in Montreal. He directed his first feature film, The Invention of Love, in 2000. He then turns to documentary filmmaking with Barbers – A Men’s Story (2006) and Ladies in Blue (2009). In 2014, he directed the first installment of his trilogy themed around the quest for origins: Where I’m From. In 2016, he directed the fiction short film My Last Summer, which received 17 awards in multiple countries. In 2019, Demers directed the second installment of his trilogy: A Woman, My Mother (Grand prize in the 2019 National Feature Film Competition – RIDM). In 2023, his new documentary essay Diary of a Father concludes his trilogy.
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Diary of a Father
Duration: 2h30
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To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
Diary of a Father
Duration: 2h30
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To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
