MHRFF Quebec Prize for Socially Engaged Documentary

The face of Québec is changing at high speed and Montreal, like all the great urban centres, now lives in the multiethnic time. Un coin du ciel takes a warm uncompromising look on Park-Extension, one of the most cosmopolitan districts of Montreal. The documentary shows us this small modern Babylon that has become CLSC Park-Extension where workers and users from all over the world meet and help each other, and learn how to decipher each other’s codes day after day.

Selections
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, 2007 ; RVCQ, 2008.

Karina Goma
Karina Goma has studied political science at the Université de Montréal and Arabic at McGill University and Cairo. In 1991, she won the Audience Award for her participation in « La Course Europe-Asie ». Since then, she has directed several documentaries : Les Justes with Stéphane Thibault (2002), Todo Incluido (2004) and Un coin du ciel (2007). She’s currently directing Les Tribuns. In parallel, she directs TV programmes and works for television, radio and magazines as a chronicler and journalist.