# Forest Alert

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{{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](/source/Richard_Desjardins)<br>[Robert Monderie](/source/Robert_Monderie)
| producer       = Éric Michel<br>[Bernadette Payeur](/source/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](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada)<br>[ACPAV](/source/Association_coop%C3%A9rative_de_productions_audio-visuelles)
| 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](/source/Richard_Desjardins) and [Robert Monderie](/source/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](/source/Ici_Radio-Canada), February 13, 2019.</ref> The film is a portrait of the [forestry](/source/forestry) industry in [Quebec](/source/Quebec), centred on its reliance on the environmentally unfriendly practice of [clearcutting](/source/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](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', April 10, 1999.</ref>

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

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

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

{{Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film}}

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

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