May 4, 2015 – Montreal, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Back from the national and international festival circuit (where it garnered three awards) and following its theatrical release in Quebec last fall, Jean-François Caissy’s documentary Guidelines (La marche à suivre) will be available to viewers in Canada as of May 12 via NFB.ca, as a rental or download and on DVD. A work of patient observation, Guidelines presents a universal portrait of adolescence, sensitively capturing the sometimes trying existence of students at a rural high school in the filmmaker’s native Gaspé Peninsula region. The film is produced by the NFB’s Johanne Bergeron.
Festival screenings
For viewers outside of Canada, Guidelines can be streamed as a video-on-demand rental, downloaded through the NFB’s download-to-own service, or purchased on DVD, as of November 3.
About the film
- Guidelines, directed by Jean-François Caissy (76 min)
Produced at the NFB by Johanne Bergeron with executive producer Colette Loumède
A work of patient observation, the documentary chronicles the sometimes hard reality of teenagers at a rural high school. The film gradually reveals the hidden inner drama of the teenage experience, poised between vulnerability and indifference.
About the filmmaker
- Filmmaker and visual artist Jean-François Caissy was born in the village of Saint-Omer in Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula. His first feature-length documentary was 2005’s critically acclaimed La saison des amours. His second, La belle visite (2009), earned him international recognition, with screenings at prestigious film festivals including Berlin, Toronto’s Hot Docs and the BFI London Film Festival, and the award for Best Documentary at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA). Recently, his video installation Derby (2011) was shown at the Centre Clark in Montreal and at Galerie Espace F in Matane, Quebec. Guidelines (2014), his third documentary feature, marks his first collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada. The film continues to attract the attention of critics at national and international festivals after making its world premiere at the 64th Berlinale.
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