''Finding Macpherson'' () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Serge Giguère
Serge Giguère (born 1946) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He is most noted as a two-time winner of the Prix Jutra/Iris for Best Documentary Film, winning at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for '' Driven by Dreams (À force de rêves)'' and at ...
and released in 2014.Brendan Kelly, "A voyage of discovery offers surprisingly keen film; Le mystere Macpherson is a remarkable chronicle of filmmaker's epic journey". ''
Montreal Gazette
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'', September 26, 2014. The film centres on animator
Martine Chartrand
Martine Chartrand (born 1962) is a Haitian Canadian filmmaker, visual artist and teacher. She practices a paint-on-glass animation technique to create her films. Throughout Chartrand's career, she has been involved with numerous films and has made ...
's complex eight-year process of making her 2011 short film '' Macpherson'', including her research into the life of Frank Randolph MacPherson, the
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n immigrant to Canada who had inspired
Félix Leclerc
Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posthumously inducted into ...
's song "Macpherson".
The film won the
Prix Jutra
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17th Jutra Awards The 17th Jutra Awards were held on March 15, 2015 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2014."Un Jutra pour Serge Giguère" ''La Nouvelle Union'', March 16, 2015.