Passages (2008)

Directed by

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

Genre

animated documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

25 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Using animation, this short documentary retells the director's own experience giving birth to her daughter while facing serious medical complications that endangered her life.

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What happens

Passages is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre and released in 2008. Using animation, the film retells the story of the difficult birth of her own daughter Fiona, and the medical complications that potentially threatened her own life. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2008. It subsequently received a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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