CHSLD (2020)

Directed by

François Delisle

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

18 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary about the filmmaker's mother and her daily life in a nursing home. It offers a close and personal look at her experience there.

observationalintimatequietpersonalreflectivetendergrounded

What happens

CHSLD is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by François Delisle and released in 2020. The film is a portrait of Delisle's mother and her life in a nursing home. It should not be confused with CHSLD mon amour, a separate film directed by Danic Champoux and released the same year. The film premiered on September 5, 2020 at the Off-Courts short film festival in Trouville-sur-Mer, France, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Montreal International Documentary Festival. It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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