Olivier Higgins
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Olivier Higgins (born 1979) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec.Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/melanie-carrier-et-olivier-higgins--au-cur-du-plus-vaste-camp-de-refugies-au-monde-dc72094e4b15837e88851e7adf483772 "Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins : Au cœur du plus vaste camp de réfugiés au monde"]. Le Soleil, February 19, 2021. The cofounder with his wife Mélanie Carrier of the production studio Mö Films, the duo concentrate primarily on films about the relationships of the world's indigenous peoples with the wider world.
Early life and education
Higgins is a trained biologist and climber.{{Cite web |title=Tënk |url=https://www.tenk.ca/en/fragments/les-films-de-melanie-carrier-olivier-higgins |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Tënk |language=en-US}}
Career
In 2010, Higgins cofounded the production studio Mö Films with Melanie Carrier. The production studio is based in Quebec City.{{Cite web |title=Olivier Higgins {{!}} Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride CO |url=https://www.mountainfilm.org/people/olivier-higgins/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.mountainfilm.org |language=en}}
The duo's first film Asiemut, chronicling a bicycling trip they took in Asia, was released in 2006.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/200809/22/01-22445-la-cineaste-globe-trotter.php|title=La cinéaste globe-trotter |first= Annie |last=Mathieu |date=September 22, 2008|work=La Presse|language=fr-CA}}
They followed up in 2011 with the feature documentary Encounters (Rencontre), and the short documentary Ice Philosophy (L'homme de glace).
Their 2013 film Québékoisie was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/651723/documentaire-quebekoisie-trois-rivieres "Québékoisie à l'affiche à Trois-Rivières"]. Ici Radio-Canada Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec, January 29, 2014.
In 2019, they collaborated with photographer Renaud Philippe on Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour), a multimedia museum show and documentary film about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.Valérie Cloutier, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1732181/rohingyas-camp-film-documentaire-festival-quebec "Errance sans retour ou la réalité de réfugiés rohingyas"]. Ici Radio-Canada Québec, September 8, 2020. The film debuted in February 2021{{Cite web |title=Documentary portraying life at the world’s largest refugee camp makes Canadian debut {{!}} Fringe Arts |url=https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/documentary-portraying-life-at-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-makes-canadian-debuts |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=thelinknewspaper.ca |language=en}} and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards,{{Cite web|title=Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330161247/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2021|date=March 30, 2021|website=ET Canada|author=Brent Furdyk|language=en-US}} and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-en-tete-des-nominations/ "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"]. Films du Québec, April 26, 2021. Higgins and Philippe were also co-nominated in 2021 for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards, and Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Quebec Cinema Awards; Higgins was also nominated as part of the sound team for Best Sound in a Documentary, and alongside Amélie Labrèche for Best Editing in a Documentary, at the Quebec Cinema Awards.
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4392320}}
- {{official website|https://mofilms.ca/}}
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Category:Canadian documentary film directors
Category:Canadian documentary film producers
Category:Film directors from Quebec
Category:Canadian cinematographers
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Category:Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film
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