The Benevolents

The Benevolents

Directed by Sarah Baril Gaudet

Genre Documentary
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2021
Length 16:22 min
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version Original French version, English subtitles

Synopsis

The Benevolents takes us into the world of Tel-Aide Montreal call center, as we follow a group of future volunteers. Through an intimate treatment, the film seeks to recall the importance of vigilant ears in a society of loneliness.

Themes

mutual aid, work relationships, lonelyness, suicide, sacrifice

Biography

Sarah Baril Gaudet is a director and cinematographer based in Montreal. She completed in 2016 her bachelor's degree at Université du Québec à Montréal, where she obtained the grant for ''Best Documentary - Emerging Talent''. Her first short film Living Here has traveled to more than twenty international film festivals. In 2020, Sarah directed her first feature documentary, Passage, selected at RIDM and nominated for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma.

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Cast

Team

Production

Sarah Baril Gaudet
Script

Sarah Baril Gaudet
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sarah Baril Gaudet
EDITING Justine Gauthier
Sound Jacob Marcoux
Music Viviane Audet

Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, Canada |2023| *Nomination (Best Documentary Short Film)
Hot Docs, Canada |2022| *Jury Mention
Filministes, Canada |2022| *Best Documentary Short Film
Vues sur mer, Canada |2022| *Best Short Film
Desertscape International Film Festival, US |2022| *Best Documentary Short Film

Festivals

Canadian Screen Awards, Canada |2023| *Nomination (Best Documentary Short Film)
Hot Docs, Canada |2022| *Jury Mention
Filministes, Canada |2022| *Best Documentary Short Film
Vues sur mer, Canada |2022| *Best Short Film
Desertscape International Film Festival, US |2022| *Best Documentary Short Film


New York Times : Op-Docs |2022|
Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada |2021|


Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2022|


Indy Shorts Heartland Film Festival, US |2022|


Gimli Film Festival, Canada |2022|


Festival Courts d'un soir, Canada |2022|


Cinefest Sudbury, Canada |2022|


Still Voices Film Festival, Ireland |2022|


Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada |2022|


Greenwich Village Film Festival, US |2022|


Lunenburg Doc Fest (special screening), Canada |2022|


Cinema on the Bayou, US |2023|


Francophone Short Films in Harlem, US |2023|


ReFrame Film Festival, Canada |2023|