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'Passages' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Marie-Jose Saint-Pierre and released in 2008.["Film finders are always on the hunt; Fest programmers are movie sleuths, searching the globe for top flicks". 'Toronto Star', September 4, 2008.] Using animation, the film retells the story of the difficult birth of her own daughter Fiona, and the medical complications that potentially threatened her own life.[Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, [https://www.panorama-cinema.com/V2/article.php?categorie=9&id=185 "Intimits animes : Le cinma de Marie-Jose Saint-Pierre"]. 'Panorama Cinma', Vol. 5 No. 26.]
The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.[
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The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2008.["TIFF's Top Ten". 'Vancouver Sun', December 17, 2008.] It subsequently received a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.[Mike De Souza, "Greenpeace oilsands documentary up for Genie". CanWest News Service, April 11, 2010.]
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