Jongué: A Nomad's Journey

Jongué: A Nomad's Journey (French: Jongué, carnet nomade) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carlos Ferrand and released in 2019.[1] The film is a portrait of Serge Emmanuel Jongué, a French-Guyanese photographer who immigrated to Quebec in 1975 and became an important yet underrecognized figure in the province's arts scene until his death in 2006.[1]

Jongué: A Nomad's Journey
FrenchJongué, carnet nomade
Directed byCarlos Ferrand
Written byCarlos Ferrand
Produced byCarlos Ferrand
CinematographyCarlos Ferrand
Sylvestre Guidi
Edited byGuillaume Millet
Music byClaude Rivest
Production
company
Les Films de L'Autre
Distributed byLes films du 3 mars
Release date
  • November 18, 2019 (2019-11-18) (RIDM)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered in 2019 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[2] before going into commercial theatrical distribution in 2020.[1]

The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Sound in a Documentary (Benoît Dame, Catherine Van Der Donckt),[3] Best Original Music in a Documentary (Claude Rivest)[3] and the Public Prize.[4]

References
  1. André Lavoie, "«Jongué, carnet nomade»: il s'appelait Serge". Le Devoir, July 24, 2020.
  2. Jérôme Delgado, "Les RIDM sur la sinueuse route Jongué". Le Devoir, November 20, 2019.
  3. Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
  4. "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public". Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.


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