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| Directed by Samara Grace Chadwick |
| Canada, 2018 (documentary, 94 minutes, colour, English / French) |
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| Image: © National Film Board of Canada |
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Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French] |
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Film Description: "When death haunts a high school in a small town in the late 1990s, everyone is forever transformed. In this gentle, prismatic film, Samara returns to the town she fled as a teen to re-immerse herself in the memories still lurking there, in its spaces and within the dusty boxes of diaries, photos and VHS tapes. 1999 is not a ghost story, but the ghosts are palpable at every turn. The snow-covered streets, the school's hallways and lockers are preserved as in a dream. The absences left by the relentless teenage suicides still shimmer with questions, trauma and regret. Samara encounters people who are as breathtaking as they are heartbroken, and, finally, 16 years later, the community strengthens itself by sharing the long-silenced memories. Ultimately the film weaves together multiple voices in a collective essay on how grief is internalized—and how, as children, we so painfully learn to articulate our desire to stay alive." -- National Film Board of Canada (source) |
| Film Credits (partial): | |
| Written by: | Samara Grace Chadwick |
| Produced by: | Sarah Spring, Selin Murat, Aline Schmid, Kat Baulu, Jac Gautreau, Annette Clarke, Dominic Desjardins |
| Narrator: | Samara Grace Chadwick |
| Participants: | Natalie Légère, Samara Grace Chadwick, Annabelle Gaudet, Mathieu Wade, Sarah Brideau, Ariel Villalon, Christine Poirier, Claire Chadwick, Janelle Arsenault, Denis Richard, Siobhan Marie-Curry, Chrissy Lorette, Mélanie Chiasson, Stephen Rouse, Jean-Michel Vienneau, Guy Gautreau, Julien Landry, Marc-André Léger, Michelle Furlong |
| Cinematography: | Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, Samara Grace Chadwick |
| Film Editing: | Terra Jean Long |
| Music: | Cyril Hahn |
| Production Company: | Parabola Films, Beauvior Films, National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada |
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