Documentary Series

Conquérants des glaces

8 x 30 minutes

Conquérants des glaces invites you into the dangerous and captivating world of ice canoeing, where danger and pushing your limits go hand in hand.

Follow three teams of passionate racers whose winter playground is a river that’s both loved and feared.

Every crossing is an extreme battle against the elements, where the only weapons allowed are team spirit and unfailing strength of character.

NOMINATIONS

Gémeaux 2020

  • Best Direction Documentary, Biography or Portrait, Arts and Culture, Nature, Sciences and Environnement, Series, Sylvio Jacques 
  • Best director of Photography, Public Affairs, Documentary, Series, Geneviève Ringuet 

Rockie Awards 2021

  • Sports Documentary 

ARTICLES IN THE MEDIA

TRAILER

IMAGES

Year:

2019

Original Idea:

Isabelle Courval

Director:

Sylvio Jacques

Director of Photography:

Geneviève Ringuet

 

Researchers:

Évangéline De Pas
Anne-Marie Gagnon

Editor:

Marie-Claude Doe

Original Music:

Guy St-Pierre

Line Producer:

Isabelle Courval

Producer:

Marie-Hélène Fortier

Executive Producers:

André Dupuy
Marie-Alexandra Forget

The Canoers:

Team Blaxton-Latulippe
Jeane Beaumont-Lapointe
Stéphanie B. Gauthier
Léa-Marie Caron
Véronique Delisle
Élisabeth Morin
Julie Morin
Emma Olson

Team Océan
Gérald Côté
Mathieu Deschênes
Éric Gagné
Martin Genest
François Larochelle
Éric Robitaille
Jean-Baptiste Theyssier
Thibaud Toustain

Team Spektrum
Charles Bussière
Samuel Drolet
Mathieu Dubuc
Jean-François Faber
Jérémie Leclerc
Maxime Moisan
Olivier Yanakis

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