Prayer for a Lost Mitten

Prayer for a Lost Mitten
FrenchPrière pour une mitaine perdue
Directed byJean-François Lesage
Written byJean-François Lesage
Produced byJean-François Lesage
CinematographyMarianne Ploska
Edited byMathieu Bouchard-Malo
Ariane Pétel-Despots
Music byTom Brunt
Production
company
Les Films de l'Autre
Distributed byLes Films du 3 Mars
Release date
Running time
79 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Prayer for a Lost Mitten (French: Prière pour une mitaine perdue) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean-François Lesage and released in 2020.[1] The film centres on the lost and found office of the Montreal Metro system.[2]

The film premiered as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada it was not screened theatrically, but premiered as part of the festival's online streaming component.[4] It was named the winner of the festival's Best Canadian Feature Documentary award.[5]

Awards

The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Marianne Ploska), Best Original Music in a Documentary (Tom Brunt) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Marie-Andrée Cormier, Olivier Germain, Marie-Pierre Grenier).[6] In 2022, the film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois.[7]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary,[8] and Ploska won the award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[9]

References

  1. ^ Pat Mullen, "Nostalgia for City Life: Jean-François Lesage on ‘Prayer for a Lost Mitten’". Point of View, May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Norman Wilner, "Prayer For A Lost Mitten, Stray win top awards at Hot Docs 2020". Now, May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Daniele Alcinii, "Twenty-three Canadian titles among Hot Docs virtual lineup". Playback, May 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Garnet Fraser, "Hot Docs to stream dozens of films in new digital version of festival". Toronto Star, May 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Maxime Demers, "Prix collégial du cinéma québécois : les finalistes dévoilés". Le Journal de Montréal, January 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  9. ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.