| Call Me Human | |
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| Director: | Kim O'Bomsawin |
| Producer: | Andrée-Anne Frenette |
| Starring: | Joséphine Bacon |
| Music: | Alain Auger |
| Cinematography: | Hugo Gendron Michel Valiquette |
| Editing: | Alexandre Lachance |
| Studio: | Terre Innue |
| Distributor: | Maison 4:3 |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French Innu-aimun |
Call Me Human (fr|Je m'appelle humain) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2020.[1] The film is a portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.[2]
The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, and had its commercial premiere on November 13.[1]
At the Quebec City Film festival, the film was cowinner of the Prix Jury collégial with Alexandre Rockwell's Sweet Thing.[4] At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries,[5] and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film.[6]
The film initially received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance).[7] After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category.[8]
The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021.[9]