In the region of Portneuf, an encounter is slowly unveiled between the here and there, and comes to life through the long wait and small gestures of love of the Saint-Ubalde Sponsoring Committee, who works tirelessly towards the ultimate dream of welcoming a family of Syrian refugees.

A House for the Syrians

A woman with a deep love of the land, Yolande Simard Perrault sees her life as having been shaped by a planetary upheaval in Charlevoix, Quebec, millions of years ago. As enduring as the Canadian Shield, she’s a woman of strength and spirit, a child of the crater left by the meteor’s impact. This documentary portrays a determined woman who’s the reflection of a land created on an immense scale. She was the creative and life partner of filmmaker Pierre Perrault, who gave up everything to be by her side. The film charts the influence of her unquenchable dreams and her contribution to the building of a people’s collective memory. In a stream of images and words, Simard Perrault recounts the splendours of the landscape and the people who shaped it. Generous and boundless, she embarks on a quest for identity that nurtures and perpetuates the oeuvre of the man who breathed new life into Quebec cinema.

Daughter of the Crater

-A documentary by Nadine Beaudet and Danic Champoux about Yolande Simard Perrault, / SYNOPSIS: As a woman of territory, Yolande Simard Perrault sees herself as the fruit of the telluric upheavals that struck the Charlevoix region of Quebec millions of years ago. As solid as the Canadian shield, she is the daughter of the crater born from the fall of a meteorite, hence her extraordinary vitality. The film paints a portrait of this determined woman, in the image of a country that was created in excess. A great love of Pierre Perrault's, she will abandon everything to live by his side and will be the filmmaker's accomplice.

La fille du cratère

An intimate yet expansive project, this film recounts the history of Manicouagan (North Shore, Quebec) a legendary territory shaped by the impact of an asteroid 215 million years ago.