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Each summer through its P’tits Loups film camp, the Festival du nouveau cinéma gives kids from the Dr. Julien program for children at risk the opportunity to make a short film that says something about their lives. The resulting group work, created with the assistance of a professional team, is then screened at the Festival.

In making their film, the kids embark on an artistic process that involves reflection (research and discussion) and applying learned techniques (photography, fine art, animation). Besides providing a chance to gain knowledge, feel a sense of accomplishment and develop new skills, the process prompts them to question the world we live in and voice their ideas.

After Le ballon vert, Porte bonheur and Papier de soi, this year the P’tits Loups present Rencontre du 3e âge, an animated documentary based on intergenerational dialogue. To make the film, the kids interviewed residents of an old age home on the topic of dealing with life’s problems, then used the recordings as the basis for a series of animated sequences.

Project manager Daphnée Cyr, a filmmaker, supervised the kids, seconded by artistic director Sandra Djina Ravalia, an art educator. The initiative received funding from the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine and the Ville de Montreal, and support from Assistance d’enfants en difficulté (AED), Moog Audio and the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).