''Waiting for Spring'' () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2013. The film centres on the town of Chapais in northern Quebec, a struggling former mining community whose residents are quietly resisting the economic pressures to abandon their hometown. It focuses principally on the story of Berny, a retired former miner, and his small group of friends with whom he regularly goes

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in the winter. The film won the

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for Best Documentary Film at the

16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champi ...

in 2014.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Jutra 2014 : les gagnants"
''Films du Québec'', March 23, 2014.

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* 2013 films 2013 documentary films Canadian documentary films Quebec films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Best Documentary Film Jutra and Iris Award winners Documentary films about Quebec {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub