''Manic'' is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Kalina Bertin. The film depicts Bertin's efforts, in response to a family history of

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, to investigate parts of her father's prior life in

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that she did not know about; she ultimately uncovers the revelations that her father was a cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women.T'Cha Dunlevy
"'So exposed': Filmmaker's debut, Manic, mines her family's mental health history"
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'', February 1, 2018. The film premiered at the 2017

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Awards

When Daniel Cross won Hot Docs' Don Haig Award, he selected Bertin as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers. The film received two

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nominations at the

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, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary (

Anouk Deschênes Anouk Deschênes is a Canadian film editor, who won the Prix Iris for Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018 for her work on the film ''Manic (2017 film), Manic''. She wa ...

). It was also a

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nominee for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards. The film was shortlisted for the

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in 2019.

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 documentary films Canadian documentary films EyeSteelFilm films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films English-language documentary films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub