''Alone'' () is a 2021 Canadian documentary film, directed by
Paul Tom
Paul Tom is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for his films ''Baggage (film), Baggage (Bagages)'' and ''Alone (2021 film), Alone (Seuls)''.
Born to Cambodian parents in a refugee camp in Thailand, Tom came to Canada with his family in c ...
. Blending live action with animated sequences, the film profiles Afshin, Alain and Patricia, three young adults who first moved to Canada as refugees, travelling alone without their families.
[Megan Durnford]
"Paul Tom Animates the Stories of Child Refugees in Alone"
''Point of View
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'', November 14, 2021. It explores both the lingering effects of their formative experiences and the resilience that allowed them to build new lives in Canada, including Alain pursuing his dream of becoming a police officer and Patricia's appreciation of the fact that she can safely live as a
bisexual
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woman in Canada, which she could not have done in her native
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.
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The film premiered as the opening film of the ]Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (trans: International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie), or FICFA, is a francophone international film festival held annually in Moncton, New Brunswick.Prix Iris
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nominations at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards
The 24th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 5, 2022, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2021. The ceremony was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt.
'' Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres)'' and ''Maria Chapdelaine'' initially rec ...
in 2022, for Best Documentary Film and Best Original Music in a Documentary ( Samuel Laflamme, Dominique Fils-Aimé).
Tom and illustrator Mélanie Baillargé subsequently published a book adaptation of the film, under the French title ''Seuls'' in 2022 and the English title ''Alone: The Journey of Three Young Refugees'' in 2023. The French edition was a Governor General's Award
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The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
nominee for French-language children's illustration at the 2022 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022,Adina Bresge"Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards" ''Toronto Star'', October 12, 20 ...
.[Chantal Fontaine]
"Dévoilement des finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général"
''Les Libraires'', October 12, 2022.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 16058676
2021 films
2021 documentary films
2021 LGBTQ-related films
Canadian LGBTQ-related documentary films
Canadian animated documentary films
Documentary films about Black Canadians
Films about female bisexuality
Documentary films about refugees
Quebec films
2020s Canadian animated films
Documentary films about immigration to Canada