''He Hated Pigeons'' is a 2015 Canadian-Chilean drama film, produced, written, and directed by

Ingrid Veninger Ingrid Veninger (born August 21, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor at York University. Veninger began her career in show business as a child actor in commercials and on television; as a teen, she was fea ...

. The film stars Pedro Fontaine as Elias, a gay Chilean man travelling the length of the country following the death of his partner Sebastian (played by Cristobal Tapia Montt in flashbacks). The film's music followed a unique model. Although a score was written by

Ohad Benchetrit Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. He plays guitar, bass guitar, bass, saxophone and flute for the post-rock band Do Make Say Think, and has also contributed to albums by Broken Social Scene, Leslie Feist, Feist, The Hidden Cameras and Char ...

and

Justin Small Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar. Biography The band formed in 1995 as a recording ...

of the band

Do Make Say Think Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar. Biography The band formed in 1995 as a recording ...

, it was not included in the film print, and instead was performed live by various musicians at each public screening of the film. The musicians performing the score were further permitted to improvise, so that each performance of the score would be unique.Philippa Hawker
"He Hated Pigeons embraces the new, says director Ingrid Veninger"
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'', March 30, 2016. The film was made after Veninger travelled to Chile to attend a retrospective screening of her work at a film festival; as she was not fluent in Spanish, Fontaine was hired as her interpreter, and Veninger decided to make a film with him after getting to know him.

Dylan Macleod Dylan Macleod is a Canadian cinematographer. He won a Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010 for the television film ''Nureyev'', a Canadian Screen Award for Best Phot ...

won the

Borsos Competition The Borsos Competition is the main awards program for Canadian feature films screening at the annual Whistler Film Festival. The award is named in memory of Canadian film director Phillip Borsos. Introduced for the first time in 2004, the juried ...

award for best cinematography in a Canadian film at the 2015

Whistler Film Festival The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pand ...

.Etan Vlessing
"Rossif Sutherland's 'River' Wins Big at Whistler Film Festival"
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'', December 12, 2015.

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* 2015 films 2015 drama films 2015 LGBTQ-related films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBTQ-related films Chilean drama films Chilean LGBTQ-related films 2010s LGBTQ-related drama films Films directed by Ingrid Veninger Gay-related films 2010s Canadian films Spanish-language Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub