The Paper Man (2020 film)

The Paper Man (French: Lafortune en papier, lit. "Lafortune in Paper") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tanya Lapointe and released in 2020.[1] The film is a portrait of Claude Lafortune, a paper artist who was an influential personality in Québécois children's television.[2]

The Paper Man
FrenchLafortune en papier
Directed byTanya Lapointe
Produced byTanya Lapointe
Marika Lapointe
StarringClaude Lafortune
CinematographyHugo Duford-Proulx
Edited byHugo Duford-Proulx
Music byViviane Audet
Robin-Joël Cool
Alexis Martin
Distributed byPSLT
Release date
  • December 10, 2020 (2020-12-10) (Whistler)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Lapointe began making the film in 2018 with an intention to work toward releasing it in 2021 or 2022, but sped up production following Lafortune's death of COVID-19 in April 2020.[3] The film premiered at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival,[4] where it received an honourable mention from the jury for the Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award,[5] and won the Audience Award.[6]

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