Prayer For A Lost Mitten

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The night is falling and Montreal is under the snow. People line up at the lost and found office of the city’s transit company. They all have lost something, which, upon reflection, becomes the symbol of a deeper loss. Filmed in black-and-white with a jazz soundtrack, PRAYER FOR A LOST MITTEN is a creative documentary, which is both melancholic and festive, yet ever compassionate. A film that helps us get through the winter. Winner of the Jury Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary at HotDocs 2020.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
HotDocs 2020
Gimli Film Festival 2020
Melbourne International Film Festival 2020
Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2020

DIRECTOR'S BIO
After studying law, Jean-François Lesage began his career as a journalist for Radio-Canada television in Alberta and British Columbia. While living in Beijing, Lesage directed his first creative documentary, SWEET NIGHTS SOUR NIGHTS (2004), followed by HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THE LITTLE FISH ARE HAPPY? (2009), co-directed with his brother Philippe Lesage. Back in Montréal, he then made A MILE END TALE (2013), followed by A SUMMER LOVE (2015), winner of the Grand Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the RIDM. THE HIDDEN RIVER (2017), his fourth feature, won the Special Jury Prize (Canadian feature) at the RIDM.

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