''Call Me Human'' (french: Je m'appelle humain) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2020."Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre"
. Ici Radio-Canada, September 10, 2020. The film is a portrait of

Innu The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period ( French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: ), are the Indigenous inhabitants of territory in the ...

poet

Joséphine Bacon Joséphine Bacon (born April 23, 1947), is an Innu poet from Pessamit in Quebec. She publishes in French and Innu-aimun. She has also worked as a translator, community researcher, documentary filmmaker, curator and as a songwriter for Chloé Saint ...

. The film premiered at the

Quebec City Film Festival Quebec City Film Festival (french: Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec) (FCVQ or QCFF) is a film festival held annually in September in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It screens short and feature films and premieres movies from all over the ...

. It was subsequently screened at the

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, also known as Cinéfest and Cinéfest Sudbury is an annual film festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,"Cinefest provides cultural landmark". ''Sudbury Star'', September 16, 1999. held over nine ...

and the

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 39th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 7, 2020. On September 3, organizers announced a lineup of 180 films; due to the COVID- ...

, and had its commercial premiere on November 13.

Awards

At the Quebec City Film festival, the film was cowinner of the Prix Jury collégial with Alexandre Rockwell's ''Sweet Thing''. At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries,"Cinefest Sudbury announces its 2020 award winners"
. ''

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'', October 11, 2020. and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film. The film initially received three Prix Iris nominations at the

23rd Quebec Cinema Awards The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than ...

in 2021, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance).Jean-François Vandeuren
"La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021"
. ''Showbizz.net'', April 26, 2021. After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category."Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public"
. Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021. The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021."Prix collégial du cinéma québécois: «Je m’appelle humain» de Kim O’Bomsawin triomphe"
''

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'', March 27, 2021.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 12783838 2020 films 2020 documentary films Canadian documentary films Documentary films about First Nations Quebec films Innu culture 2020s Canadian films