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Manic (2017 film)
Manic is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Kalina Bertin.[1] The film depicts Bertin's efforts, in response to a family history of bipolar disorder, to investigate parts of her father's prior life in Montserrat that she did not know about;[2] she ultimately uncovers the revelations that her father was a cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women.[3] The film premiered at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4] AwardsWhen Daniel Cross won Hot Docs' Don Haig Award, he selected Bertin as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers.[5] The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary (Anouk Deschênes).[6] It was also a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards.[7] The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019.[8] References
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