Hemingway: A Portrait is a 1999 Canadian short docudrama film, directed by Érik Canuel.[1] The film portrays a film crew putting together a newsreel retrospective about the life of Ernest Hemingway following his death in 1961.[2]

Hemingway: A Portrait
Directed byÉrik Canuel
Written byBernard Lajoie
Produced byBernard Lajoie
Tatsuo Shimamura
StarringWilliam J. Waterbury
Martin Watier
David Lebel Bouchard
Narrated byMarc Strange
CinematographyAllen Smith
Edited byDenis Papillon
Music byMichel Corriveau
Production
companies
Imagica
Les Productions Pascal Blais
Panorama Films
Distributed byDirect Cinema Limited
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
18 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film was distributed as part of a double bill with Aleksandr Petrov's animated film The Old Man and the Sea.[3]

Awards

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The film won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Oliver Jones, "The Old Man and the Sea". Variety, September 13, 1999.
  2. ^ Philippa Hawker, "Ernest but dull; Film". The Age, July 29, 1999.
  3. ^ Joe Bush, "Unusual animation technique adds dimension to Hemingway". Daily Herald, July 21, 1999.
  4. ^ "Winners at the Genie Awards". Welland Tribune, January 31, 2000.
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