Forest Alert

{{short description|1999 Canadian film directed by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie}} {{Infobox film | name = Forest Alert | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|L'Erreur boréale}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Richard Desjardins<br>Robert Monderie | producer = Éric Michel<br>Bernadette Payeur | writer = Richard Desjardins | narrator = | music = Benoît Groulx<br>Jean-François Groulx | cinematography = Jacques Leduc | editing = Alain Belhumeur | studio = National Film Board of Canada<br>ACPAV | distributor = | runtime = 68 minutes | released = {{Film date|1999}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''Forest Alert''''' ({{langx|fr|L'Erreur boréale}}) is a Canadian documentary film directed by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie, released in 1999.<ref>Maude Montembeault, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2019/02/exploitation-foret-quebec-erreur-boreale/ "20 ans après L’erreur boréale, exploite-t-on la forêt différemment?"]. Ici Radio-Canada, February 13, 2019.</ref> The film is a portrait of the forestry industry in Quebec, centred on its reliance on the environmentally unfriendly practice of clearcutting.<ref name=mcpherson>Don McPherson, "Voice of the poet: It took a singer and film-maker to put environment back on political agenda". ''Montreal Gazette'', April 10, 1999.</ref>

The film's original French title, which literally means "Northern Error" and refers to the boreal forest, is also a pun on ''l'aurore boréale'', the French name for the aurora borealis.<ref name=mcpherson/>

The film won the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 1st Jutra Awards.<ref>John Griffin, "Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 8, 1999.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0193912}}

Category:1999 films Category:1999 documentary films Category:Canadian documentary films Category:Quebec films Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries Category:Documentary films about forests and trees Category:1999 French-language films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:1999 Canadian films Category:Best Documentary Film Jutra and Iris Award winners Category:French-language documentary films Category:Documentary films about Quebec