The Other Side of the Country

The Other Side of the Country
FrenchDe l'autre côté du pays
Directed byCatherine Hébert
Written byCatherine Hébert
Produced byCatherine Hébert
CinematographySébastien Gros
Edited byAnnie Jean
Production
company
Mango Films
Release date
  • November 17, 2007 (2007-11-17) (RIDM)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Other Side of the Country (French: De l'autre côté du pays) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Catherine Hébert and released in 2007.[1] The film profiles the humanitarian crisis in Uganda in the early 2000s.[2]

The film premiered at the 2007 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] where it was the winner of the Prix du Public.[4]

The film was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009.[5]

References

  1. ^ Marie-Hélène Mello, "Entretien avec Catherine Hébert, réalisatrice de De l’autre côté du pays". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2008. pp. 24-29.
  2. ^ Alain de Repentigny, "Catherine Hébert : la rencontre de l'autre". La Presse, January 20, 2008.
  3. ^ Michel Defoy, "RIDM : Encore des docs". Voir, November 15, 2007.
  4. ^ Bernard Pérusse, "Look at today's Israel wins grand prize; Description of a Memory; Festival's documentaries draw 17,000". Montreal Gazette, November 18, 2007.
  5. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009.