Hydro-Québec presents : REGARD REMEMBERS › Sunday, March 15 › 7:30 PM› Auditorium Dufour

For the Festival’s closing night, REGARD is going back in time with a 10-minute short film directed by Boran Richard, followed by a screening of the winning films from REGARD’s 13th edition.

LA MÉMOIRE [memory]:
This short film takes the viewer on a voyage through the stories of regional family stories from bygone days. This film, directed by filmmaker Boran Richard, presents a “mosaic” of totally unique images and is the unconventional result of piecing together archives and fond memories from the people of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
La Mémoire, a messenger of memories chronicling changes in the past, will be screened on closing night, with musical accompaniment by the Alcan String Quartet.


Boran Richard :
Quebec-born director Boran Richard has been living and working in Chicoutimi since 2000. Boran has directed several animated shorts, which have been shown at over fifty public events (including festivals in Annecy, Melbourne, and Londres, as well as at the Centre
Pompidou and Florida’s Museum of Contemporary Art). He has also been Voir Saguenay-Alma’s cover photographer for the past two years. He is currently completing his Master’s Degree in Art at the UQAC (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi) in film animation.


Quatuor Alcan :
Today, twenty years after their formation, the Alcan String Quartet is at the apex of their art. This unstoppable group is made up of members of the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. Their resume is extraordinary: over one thousand concerts in Europe, Asia and North America, a hundred radio performances (Société Radio-Canada, CBC, PBS, Radio France, etc.), numerous television appearances, a dozen albums and frequent participation in various creative projects.


THIS YEAR’S WINNERS:
This screening will reveal the winning short films of the 13th edition of the Festival.The prize for Best Direction, the International Grand Prize, the People’s Choice Award… each and every winner reveals dreams or deep thought, and reflects a piece of the filmmakers’ national identity as well as their passions. Here are the Il se découvre au travers de la projection des courts métrages gagnants de cette 13e édition. Here are the 2009 award recipients as selected by the jury.

Watch them here for the first time, watch them again and re-discover them later.