DIRECTOR
Based in Montréal, filmmaker Jacquelyn Mills creates immersive and sensorial works that explore the healing of our relationship with the natural world. With over 40 awards, including three at the Berlinale (2022) for her feature documentary Geographies of Solitude, her films have been showcased at prestigious festivals and institutions worldwide, including Berlinale, IDFA, AFI, BFI, Art of the Real, TIFF, Hot Docs, Jeonju, Mar del Plata, Visions du Réel, Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou, MOMI, Anthology Film Archives, and Harvard Film Archives. Jacquelyn has participated in Cannes: Docs in Progress (2021) and Cannes: Not Short on Talent (2013). A recipient of the Sundance Documentary Fund and nominated for IDA Documentary Award and Canadian Screen Award, she was also honored with the Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking prize at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC (2023). Beyond directing, Jacquelyn collaborates on film projects as an editor, sound designer, and cinematographer.
FILMOGRAPHY
For Wendy, 16mm, 10min, 2008
Leaves, 35mm, 5min, 2013
In the Waves, HD, 59min, 2017
Geographies of Solitude, 16mm, 103min, 2022
CO-PRODUCER
After studying cultural production at UQAM and finishing a specialized graduate diploma in management at HEC, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault began her career in cinema. In 2019, she began working at Metafilms, a Montréal based production company owned by renowned producers Sylvain Corbeil and Nancy Grant. She now also focuses on developing her own projects as an emerging producer. She searches for projects and filmmakers with a unique vision that stand out from the current cinematographic landscape, both in fiction and documentary. Amongst her most recent projects, Geographies of Solitude (Jacquelyn Mills, 2022), her first feature documentary, had its world premiere at the 72nd Berlinale, and was awarded three prizes in the Forum section of the festival.
SELECTED CREDITS
Director | Cinematographer | Editor JACQUELYN MILLS
Made in collaboration with ZOE LUCAS
Produced by ROSALIE CHICOINE PERREAULT | JACQUELYN MILLS
Executive Producers BRAD MILLS | AONAN YANG
Additional Camera | Collaborator SCOTT MOORE
Additional Editing | Consulting PABLO ALVAREZ-MESA
Producer Consultant SELIN MURAT
Creative Consultants KATHLEEN BROYLES | SOFIA BOHDANOWICZ
Sound ANDREAS MENDRITZKI | JACQUELYN MILLS
Plant and Bug Music by SABLE ISLAND
Contributing Composers EMILY MILLARD | MARK BOUDREAU
Colorist ERIC GAUDRY
This film was created with the generous support of Sable Island Institute and Parks Canada
This film participated in three artist residencies through Plus Film in The Old Church, Blönduós,
Iceland