SOME OF MY FRIENDS
115 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2017Directed byCatherine Martin
Produced byLes Films de l'Autre
LanguageFrench
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Synopsis
Seven portraits of people who present themselves at work and in daily life. Seven ways of being present to the world. People who are exceptional because they are like everyone else.
Credits
Script, Direction, Photography, Editing : Catherine Martin
Sound Editing : Martin Allard et Simon Gervais
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Production : Les Films de l’Autre
Financial partners
Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec
SODEC
Aide au Cinéma Indépendant Canadien (ACIC)
PRIM
Les Films de L’Autre
Direction
Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin was born in Québec. She writes and directs all her films, fictions as well as documentaries. Her films have been shown at numerous international festivals (Berlin, Toronto, Oberhausen, Nyon, Buenos Aires, Karlovy Vary, etc.) and won awards in Canada and abroad. Since 2017, she has done her own camerawork, sound recording and picture editing, acting as a producer and director of her documentary essays.
Filmography
Feature films
• Une jeune fille (A Journey), 85 min, 2013
• Trois temps après la mort d’Anna (Mourning for Anna), 87 min, 2010
• Dans les villes (In the Cities), 87 min, 2006
• Mariages (Marriages), 95 min, 2001
Documentaries and documentary essays
• Éloge de l’ombre (In Praise of Shadows), 86 minutes, 2023
• Certains de mes amis (Some of my Friends), 115 min, 2017
• L’esprit des lieux (The Spirit of Places), 84 min, 2006
• Océan (Ocean), 50 min, 2002
• Les dames du 9e (The Ladies of the 9th Floor), 50 min, 1998
Short and medium length fictions or film essays
• Les fins de semaine (Weekends), 30 min, 1995
• L’ombre (The Shadow), 15 min, 1992
• Nuits d’Afrique, 48 min,1990
• Odile ou réminiscences d’un voyage, 23 min, 1985
• De temps et d’eau, 2 min., 2011
• Quand j’aurai vu les îles, 14 min, 2010
• Alice, 30 sec, 2007