Geographies of Solitude

Geographies of Solitude is a Canadian documentary film by Jacquelyn Mills and released in 2022.[1] The film is guided by Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who lives on Nova Scotia's Sable Island, where she catalogues the island's wild Sable Island horses, and endeavours to protect the unique ecosystem.[2]

Geographies of Solitude
Directed byJacquelyn Mills
Produced byRosalie Chicoine Perreault
Jacquelyn Mills
StarringZoe Lucas
CinematographyJacquelyn Mills
Edited byJacquelyn Mills
Release date
  • February 12, 2022 (2022-02-12) (Berlinale)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film was shot on 16mm film.[3][4]

Geographies of Solitude premiered in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival,[5] where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award and the Caligari Film Prize.[6] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary as well as The Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award.[7]

It was also screened at the 2022 Jeonju International Film Festival, where it was the winner of the International Competition Grand Prize.[8] Recently the film was named Canada's Best Documentary at Gimli International Film Festival and received Best Cinematography at Cervino CineMountain International Film Festival in Italy.

The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[9] For her work on the film, Mills was awarded the Earl A. Glick emerging Canadian filmmaker award.[10] It won the award for Best Canadian Documentary Film at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival.[11]

The film has won 19 awards nationally and internationally as well as being nominated for an IDA.

References
  1. Dustin Chang, "Hot Docs 2022 Review: GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE, Lovely Contemplation on Nature, Filmmaking, Human Existence". Screen Anarchy, April 27, 2022.
  2. Andrew Tracy, "Hot Docs ’22: “Geographies” sets natural wonder against ecological destruction". RealScreen, May 4, 2022.
  3. Durnford, Megan (2022-04-28). "Jacquelyn Mills on the Sounds and Textures of Sable Island". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  4. Hogeveen, Esmé (2022-09-01). "Jacquelyn Mills's Geographies of Solitude". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  5. Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Geographies of Solitude Takes a Sensory Look at an Island of One". The Film Stage, February 12, 2022.
  6. Victoria Ahearn, "Geographies of Solitude wins three awards at Berlinale". Playback, February 18, 2022.
  7. Sadaf Ahsan, "Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award". Toronto Star, May 7, 2022.
  8. Wendy Ide, "‘Geographies Of Solitude’: Jeonju Review". Screen Daily, May 4, 2022.
  9. "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES". Yahoo! Movies, September 11, 2022.
  10. Ahsan, Sadaf (2022-05-07). "Jacquelyn Mills' 'Geographies of Solitude' wins Hot Docs' best Canadian film award". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  11. Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF". Toronto Star, October 7, 2022.
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