"CONTACT" Requiem for a Word

Asselin, Olivier D., (film director.). Fortin, Pierre-Mathieu, (film producer.). Cloutier, Nathalie, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: An investigation into how language is changing in the age of COVID-19. The complete upheaval of social relationships today is leading to the reinterpretation of certain terms, which have suddenly taken on a fatal connotation. This film is a funeral mass in memory of the word "contact.".

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (7 min., 55 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Olivier D. Asselin ; writer, Olivier D. Asselin ; producer, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin ; cinematographer, Josué Bertolino ; editing, Yousra Benziane ; music, Jean-Olivier Bégin ; sound design, Patrice LeBlanc ; location sound, Olivier D. Asselin ; re-recording, Jean-Paul Vialard ; executive producer, Nathalie Cloutier.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participation, Frédérique Bernier, Pascale Delhaes, Charles Gagnon, Carmen Garcia, Jonathan Shultz, Florence Thomas ; actor, Maxime Labrecque.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2020.
Target Audience Note:	16-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-07-01).