Screening : "Ocean Seen from the Heart" with film directors

Event: The Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States invites you to a screening of the film “Ocean Seen from the Heart”, co-produced by Jane Losa Films, Marie-Dominique Michaud, and Chantal Pagé, starring Hubert Reeves, as part of the 2024 edition of the DC Environment Film Festival.

6:30 pm: OpOpening remarks with representatives from the Embassy of France and the DC Environmental Film Festival.

6:45 pm: screening of the film Ocean Seen from the Heart.

8:20 pm: Q&A session with Marie-Dominique Michaud and Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, directors of the film.

8:50 pm: event closure.

Synopsis: For a long time, the ocean seemed unalterable and limitless, but the impact of our actions on its biodiversity and temperature has become increasingly alarming. In "Ocean Seen From the Heart", the sequel to "Heart Seen from the Heart", Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, invites us to rediscover what threatens it and, above all, its phenomenal capacity for regeneration. A hymn to life at its richest, most precious, and necessary to preserve if we are to survive, among other species, on our blue planet.

This film is distributed by TERRANOA.

About the film directors :

Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol - screenwriter, author, director

Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol has worked in several capacities in the Quebec film industry. After advanced studies in theater and music, she worked in radio and television. She then devoted herself to scriptwriting, producing, and directing several cinematographic works, all of which have reached the general public. In the meantime, she became Producer at the NFB, Director of Outside Production at Radio-Canada, and Acting Director of the Cinémathèque québécoise for nearly four years. Since 1999, her most important works, centered around astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, have revealed her ability to create captivating scientific content with "Conteur d'étoiles", followed by "Du Big Bang au Vivant". With "La terre vue du cœur - avec Hubert Reeves", she was able to openly express her commitment to the environment, which had, incidentally, been at the root of her first foray into cinema (1973). In the same vein, "L'Océan vu du cœur", co-directed with Marie-Dominique Michaud, offers an even broader vision of the state of biodiversity and climate on the planet. At the request of Éditions du Seuil, she has further developed the threads running through these documentaries in two "beautiful books": La Terre vue du cœur (2019) and L'Océan vu du cœur (2023).

Marie-Dominique Michaud - producer, director, co-founder of Jane Losa Films

Passionate about content and creation, Marie-Dominique has over 17 years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams in the new media, television, and film sectors, mainly as a producer. Notably in new writing with Les Enfants de La Bolduc (several times awarded here and internationally), In the Mouth and Loov.ca, in television with 3 seasons of the series Toi & Moi broadcast on Radio Canada and cinema with the feature films Le Torrent by Simon Lavoie and Gurov & Anna by Rafaël Ouellet. The feature-length documentary La terre vue du cœur, which she co-wrote with its director Iolande Cadrin Rossignol, marks a turning point in her career, now mainly devoted to projects focusing on environmental issues. With L'Océan vu du cœur, she deepens her contribution as co-director. Marie-Dominique is currently developing a documentary series on major environmental players. Ideator and co-designer of the fiction series Les Affluents (6X1hres), an environmental thriller, she is in charge of content production within the PIXCOM productions team. Shooting is scheduled for spring 2024, for broadcast on TVA (Quebec) and Arte (France) in 2025.

This event is made possible thanks to the support of TV5-Monde.

Security rules: Each person attending the event must have a ticket registered in their name and a government-issued ID matching the name on the reservation to enter the Embassy. No need to print your ticket, but no one will be admitted without reservation and proper ID. Due to strict security measures, please arrive on time and allow extra time for security screening.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

La Maison Française, Embassy of France, Washington, United States