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'Wandering: A Rohingya Story' (, lit. "Wandering Without Return") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mlanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and released in 2020.[Valrie Cloutier, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1732181/rohingyas-camp-film-documentaire-festival-quebec "Errance sans retour ou la ralit de rfugis rohingyas"]. Ici Radio-Canada Qubec, September 8, 2020.] The film is a portrait of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, which houses a large number of refugees from the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar.[Sylvie Mousseau, [https://www.acadienouvelle.com/arts-et-spectacles/2020/11/16/ficfa-dans-les-profondeurs-dun-camp-de-refugies/ "FICFA: dans les profondeurs d'un camp de rfugis"]. 'L'Acadie Nouvelle', November 16, 2020.]
Portions of the film were screened in January 2020 as part of 'Errance sans retour', a multimedia exhibition on the Rohingya crisis at Quebec City's Muse national des beaux-arts du Qubec in early 2020, alongside photography by Renaud Philippe.[ric Clment, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/2020-01-22/errance-sans-retour-une-expo-qui-vient-du-coeur "Errance sans retour, une expo qui vient du cur"]. 'La Presse', January 22, 2020.] The full film had its premiere at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 19, 2020.[Jonathan Lavoie, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1732909/festival-cinema-ville-quebec-deesse-mouches-feu-covid19 "Des films en salle au Festival de cinma de Qubec"]. Ici Radio-Canada, December 10, 2020.]
Awards
The film won the Public Prize at FCVQ,[[https://ctvm.info/errance-sans-retour-de-melanie-carrier-et-olivier-higgins-sacre-prix-du-public-au-fcvq-et-selectionne-dans-trois-festivals-internationaux/ " ERRANCE SANS RETOUR de Mlanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins sacr Prix du public au FCVQ et slectionn dans trois festivals internationaux"]. 'CTVM.info', October 7, 2020.] and the award for Best Documentary at the Festival international du cinma francophone en Acadie.[Pascale Savoie-Brideau, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1751376/gagnants-ficfa-prix-vague-2020-film-cinema-acadie "Un bilan positif pour le 34e Festival international du cinma francophone en Acadie"]. Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 21, 2020.]
The Muse des beaux-arts exhibition was named the winner of the Socit des muses du Qubec's Prix Tl-Qubec - Coup de coeur du jury award for museum shows.[[http://www.lienmultimedia.com/spip.php?article78030 "MNBAQ : Lexpo Errance sans retour prim par la Socit des muses du Qubec"]. 'Lien Multimdia', November 4, 2020.]
The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021,[Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "Schitts Creek, Blood Quantum Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"]. 'Variety', May 21, 2021.] and was nominated for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Philippe, Higgins). It also received five Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Philippe, Higgins), Best Editing in a Documentary (Higgins, Amlie Labrche), Best Original Music in a Documentary (Martin Dumais) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Higgins, Pierre-Jules Audet, Luc Boudrias, Kala Miya).[Jean-Franois Vandeuren, [https://showbizz.net/cinema/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-part-en-tete-des-nominations-du-gala-quebec-cinema-2021 "La desse des mouches feu part en tte des nominations du Gala Qubec Cinma 2021"]. 'Showbizz.net', April 26, 2021.] After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category.[[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1791413/quebec-cinema-decide-finalement-dinclure-les-documentaires-pour-le-prix-du-public "Qubec Cinma dcide finalement dinclure les documentaires pour le prix du public"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.]
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