Head First (film)

{{short description|2019 Canadian documentary film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Head First

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Tenir tête}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Mathieu Arsenault

| producer = Nathalie Barton

| writer = Mathieu Arsenault

| starring = Mathieu Arsenault
Frédérique Ménard-Aubin
Louis Parizeau

| music = Caracol
Seb Ruban

| cinematography = Mathieu Arsenault

| editing = Mathieu Arsenault
Jean-André Fourestié

| studio = InformAction Films

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2019|02|28|RVQC}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Head First ({{langx|fr|Tenir tête}}) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mathieu Arsenault and released in 2019.Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/550503/tenir-tete "Tenir tête"]. Le Devoir, March 23, 2019. 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.Silvia Galipeau, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201903/21/01-5219094-tenir-tete-bipolaires-fous-mais-pas-foutus.php "Tenir tête: bipolaires, fous, mais pas foutus"]. La Presse, March 21, 2019.

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.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1527585/song-of-names-the-twentieth-century-antigone-prix-ecrans-canadiens "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations"]. Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.