Baggage (French: Bagages) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Paul Tom and released in 2017.[1] The film centres on a group of immigrant students enrolled in a theatre program.[2]

Baggage
FrenchBagages
Directed byPaul Tom
Written byPaul Tom
Mélissa Lefebvre
Produced byKarine Dubois
CinematographyPaul Tom
Edited byAlain Loiselle
Paul Tom
Music byVincent Lefebvre
Production
company
Picbois Productions
Release date
  • September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16) (FCVQ)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film won several awards on the film festival circuit, including the prix Télébec for best mid-length film at the 2017 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,[3] the Prix Public for Best Canadian Film at the 2017 Quebec City Film Festival,[4] and the Women Inmate Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal International Documentary Festival.

Following its television broadcast on Télé-Québec in December 2017, it won two Gémeaux Awards in 2018, for Best Documentary Program or Series (Arts and Culture) and Best Direction in a Documentary (Biography, Arts and Culture, Nature, Science or Environment).[5] It was also nominated for Best Writing in a Documentary.[6]

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