Bonfires (film)

Bonfires is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Martin Bureau and released in 2017.[1] The film depicts the controversial Eleventh Night celebrations in Northern Ireland, when Ulster Protestants continue to light large bonfires each year to commemorate the Protestant victory over Catholics in the Battle of the Boyne.[2]

Bonfires
Directed byMartin Bureau
Produced byCatherine Benoit
Music byÉrick D'Orion
CinematographyÉmile Bureau
Martin Bureau
Edited byÉmile Bureau
Martin Bureau
Distributed bySpira
Release date
2017
Running time
6 minutes
CountryCanada

The film premiered at the Traces de vies documentary film festival in Clermont-Ferrand in 2017. It was screened at a number of film festivals thereafter, and was incorporated into Bureau's larger multimedia exhibition Les murs du désordre.[3]

Awards

In 2018, the film won the Prix Farel for best short film at the Festival international du film à thématique religieuse in Neufchâtel, Switzerland.[4] In 2019, the film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]

References
  1. "Québec s’expose: amusantes catastrophes". Le Journal de Québec, March 8, 2018.
  2. "Fermeture de la trachée, plissement des paupières : en apnée dans les œuvres de Martin Bureau, entropiste". CulturoPoing, August 15, 2017.
  3. "Visite au pied des murs". Le Devoir, January 11, 2019.
  4. "Un prix Farel pour un court métrage canadien". Présence Info, October 29, 2018.
  5. "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.


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