Junior (2008 film)

Junior
Junior
Directed by	Isabelle Lavigne; Stéphane Thibault
Written by	Isabelle Lavigne; Stéphane Thibault
Produced by	Johanne Bergeron; Yves Bisaillon
Starring	Benjamin Breault; Christian Daigle; Michel Morissette; Éric Dubois; Éric Messier; Jean-Pierre Lareau; Ryan-James Hand; François Bouchard; Alexandre Picard-Hooper; Jonathan Duchesneau; Michel Laroque; Jacques Tremblay; Pierre Parent; Denis Leblanc; Marcel Marsolais; Patrick Lowe; Alex Lamontagne; Ryan Lehr; Gilles Côté; Brian St-Louis
Edited by	René Roberge
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Release dates	September 10, 2008 (RIDM); January 28, 2008 (Quebec);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	French, English

Junior is a 2008 documentary film chronicling a year in the life of Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Co-directed by Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film was named Best Documentary: Society at the Prix Gémeaux and Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.^[1] It also won the Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award in 2009

The film was shot in Direct Cinema style and follows players, managers, trainers, shareholders, agents and recruiters over the course of an entire season.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Junior". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ Anderson, Jason (16 April 2008). "Hot Docs". Eye Weekly. Retrieved 19 September 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Hewings, Meg (24 January 2008). "The business of hockey". Hour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

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[nfb-1] "Junior". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[eye-2] Anderson, Jason (16 April 2008). "Hot Docs". Eye Weekly. Retrieved 19 September 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[hour-3] Hewings, Meg (24 January 2008). "The business of hockey". Hour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

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