About Memory and Loss (French: Notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Amélie Hardy and released in 2022. Based on Rafaële Germain's non-fiction essay Un présent infini: notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli, the film is a meditation on the cultural process of deciding what elements of history to preserve and archive for posterity, and what elements of history to discard.

The film premiered at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma.

Awards

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Prix IrisDecember 10, 2023Best Short DocumentaryAmélie Hardy, Isabelle Grignon-FranckeWon

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