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'The Free Ones' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nicolas Lvesque and released in 2020. An expansion of his 2015 short film 'Interview with a Free Man (Entrevue avec un homme libre)',Franois Lvesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/ecrans/595042/cinema-les-libres-reapprendre-le-dehors "Les libres: rapprendre le dehors"]. 'Le Devoir', February 12, 2021. which was named by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of the Canada's Top Ten short films in 2015,Bruce Kirkland, [https://torontosun.com/2015/12/08/tiff-announces-its-top-10-films-of-2015/wcm/e3931cf7-b100-476a-8e61-ea2512e4e002 "TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015"]. 'Toronto Sun', December 8, 2015. the film is a portrait of several ex-convicts who are readjusting to life as free men with jobs at a sawmill in Roberval, Quebec.Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2021-02-12/les-libres-refaire-sa-vie-une-planche-a-la-fois.php "Les libres : refaire sa vie, une planche la fois"]. 'La Presse', February 12, 2021.
The film premiered at the 2020 Montreal International Documentary Festival.[https://cultmtl.com/2020/11/this-week-at-montreal-documentary-film-festival-ridm-inconvenient-indian-the-forbidden-reel-les-libres-city-hall-piedra-sola/ "This week at Montreal documentary film festival RIDM"]. 'Cult MTL', November 13, 2020.
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Jean-Philippe Archibald) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Natacha Dufaux).Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/ "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations"]. 'ET Canada', March 30, 2021.
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