The Magnitude of All Things
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary. Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from the filmmaker’s childhood on Ontario’s Georgian Bay. What do these stories have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is everything. For the people featured, climate change is not happening in the distant future: it is kicking down the front door. Battles waged, lamentations of loss, and raw testimony coalesce into an extraordinary tapestry, woven together with raw emotion and staggering beauty that transform darkness into light, grief into action.
Prix et distinctions
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Creative Excellence AwardBanff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, Banff2021
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Special Mention of the Jury for the Grand PrixFilm Recherche et Développement Durable (FReDD Festival), Toulouse2021
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Special Mention- DocumentaryRiviera International Film Festival, Sestri Levante2021
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Audience Choice AwardDocLands, San Rafael2021
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Best Nature & People FilmMountain Film Festival, Ulju2021
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Best Canadian Feature AwardPlanet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival, Toronto2020