Head First (film)

Head First
FrenchTenir tête
Directed byMathieu Arsenault
Written byMathieu Arsenault
Produced byNathalie Barton
StarringMathieu Arsenault
Frédérique Ménard-Aubin
Louis Parizeau
CinematographyMathieu Arsenault
Edited byMathieu Arsenault
Jean-André Fourestié
Music byCaracol
Seb Ruban
Production
company
InformAction Films
Release date
  • February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28) (RVQC)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Head First (French: Tenir tête) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mathieu Arsenault and released in 2019.[1] Inspired by Arsenault's own diagnosis with bipolar disorder in the mid-2010s, the film profiles his experiences and those of two other people living with the disease, photographer Frédérique Ménard-Aubin and former musician Louis Parizeau, both to educate viewers about mental health and to portray their efforts to avoid allowing their lives to be consumed or controlled by the condition.[2]

The film premiered on February 28, 2019 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.

Arsenault received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[3]

References

  1. ^ Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy, "Tenir tête". Le Devoir, March 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Silvia Galipeau, "Tenir tête: bipolaires, fous, mais pas foutus". La Presse, March 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.


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