Destierros

{{Infobox film

| name = Destierros

| image = Destierros poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Hubert Caron-Guay

| producer = Hubert Caron-Guay

| writer = Hubert Caron-Guay

| starring =

| music = Colin Stetson

| cinematography = Étienne Roussy

| editing = Ariane Pétel-Despots

| studio = Les Films de l'autre

| distributor = Les Films du 3 mars

| released = {{film date|2017|04|26|Visions du Réel|2018|01|19|Canada}}

| runtime = 12 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Destierros is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Hubert Caron-Guay The film centres on migrants from Central America who are desperate to emigrate to the United States or Canada for a better life, amid the context of Donald Trump's attempts to close the US-Mexican border.Jean-Baptiste Hervé, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2018/01/09/destierrosbeaucoup-de-choses-sont-arrivees-sur-la-route/ "Destierros: Beaucoup de choses sont arrivées sur la route"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626013017/https://voir.ca/cinema/2018/01/09/destierrosbeaucoup-de-choses-sont-arrivees-sur-la-route/ |date=2020-06-26 }}. Voir, January 9, 2018.

The film premiered at the 2017 Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://www.visionsdureel.ch/2017/film/destierros|title=Destierros|work=Visions du Réel|access-date=27 June 2020}} It received four Prix Iris nominations at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Étienne Roussy), Best sound in a Documentary (Alexis Pilon-Gladu and Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Ariane Pétel-Despots).André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/ceremonies/gala-quebec-cinema/201804/10/01-5160482-iris-le-probleme-dinfiltration-et-hochelaga-en-tete-des-nominations.php "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations"]. La Presse, April 10, 2018.

Destierros was released in theatres on 19 January 2018.Justine Smith, [https://cultmtl.com/2018/01/destierros/ "A new documentary sheds light on the American migrant crisis"]. Cult MTL, January 19, 2018.

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