Quiet Zone (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Quiet Zone

| native_name = Ondes et Silence

| image =

| caption =

| director = Karl Lemieux
David Bryant

| producer = Julie Roy

| writer = Karl Lemieux
David Bryant

| starring =

| music = David Bryant

| cinematography =

| editing = Charles-André Coderre

| studio =

| distributor = National Film Board of Canada

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2015|01|22|IFFR}}

| runtime = 15 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

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Quiet Zone is a 2015 Canadian experimental short documentary film directed by Karl Lemieux and David Bryant; they co-wrote the screenplay and Bryant wrote the score. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

The film premiered in January 2015 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam where it was a part of the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2015.{{cite web |url=https://iffr.com/en/2015/films/quiet-zone |title=Quiet Zone |publisher=IFFR |access-date=23 August 2017}} At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards the film was nominated for Best Short Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.{{cite web |url=http://membership.academy.ca/getmedia/524bc168-b4d8-4b6e-b0c8-0e52b8a15647/CdnScreen16_NomineeList_TSD_-Jan2016.aspx |title=Theatrical Documentary and Short Film Nominations |date=19 January 2016 |website= |publisher=Canadian Screen Awards |access-date=24 August 2017}}

In the documentary, people living in the United States National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia talk about their electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Visual and sound effects are used to make their distress palpable to the viewer.{{cite web |url=http://thetfs.ca/2015/09/15/tfs-festival-quickie-david-bryant-karl-lemieux-directors-quiet-zone/ |title=TFS FESTIVAL QUICKIE: DAVID BRYANT AND KARL LEMIEUX, DIRECTORS OF QUIET ZONE |last=O'Connor |first=Katie |date=15 September 2015 |website=Toronto Film Scene |access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windsorsquare.ca/archives/2015/tiff-quiet-zone/86585 |title=TIFF: Quiet Zone |last=Stephen |first=Robert |date=10 September 2015 |website=The Square |publisher=SQUARE MEDIA GROUP |access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://jaredmobarak.com/2015/08/13/quiet-zone/ |title=TIFF15 REVIEW: QUIET ZONE [2015] |last=Mobarak |first=Jared |date=13 August 2015 |website=JaredMobarak.com |publisher=Jared Mobarak |access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2016/09/16/quiet-zone-david-bryant-godspeed/?hpen=blog_feature_1 |title=Quiet Zone {{pipe}} 3 Questions with Musician/Filmmaker David Bryant (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) |last=Weldon |first=Carolyne |date=16 September 2016 |website=blog.nfb.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=23 August 2017 |quote=}}