English subtitled version of LA TERRE VUE DU CŒUR presents English subtitled version of LA TERRE VUE DU CŒUR A film by IOLANDE CADRIN-ROSSIGNOL With HUBERT REEVES FRÉDÉRIC LENOIR EDITH A. WIDDER MARIO CYR ÉLISE DESAULNIERS JÉRÔME DUPRAS MICHEL LABRECQUE KAREL MAYRAND KARINE PÉLOFFY EMMANUELLE POUYDEBAT STEFAN SOBKOWIAK ROBIN WALL KIMMERER Production JANE LOSA FILMS Distribution MAISON 4:3 T 438 387-1547 Contact MAISON 4:3 CHANTALE PAGÉ [email protected] Media Relations ANGIE POWER [email protected] T 647 969-6025 EENDocumentary — 90 minutes laterrevueducoeur S EarthSeenFromTheHeart.com 2 SYNOPSIS Scientists, writers and artists join Hubert Reeves and Frédéric Lenoir to sound a warning: biodiversity is under threat. While some humans are responsible for this crisis, others, in growing numbers, are tackling it head on and forging solutions. In this film dedicated to future generations, they remind us that life in all its forms is a fascinating and touching mystery ... and that it is up to us to preserve it! E3 ARTH IOLANDE Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, who holds degrees in music CADRIN-ROSSIGNOL and theatre, began her career as a radio and television host and writer. Turning to filmmaking, she focused Filmmaker first on urban ecology. Her early directorial credits include documentary and docu-drama series and features such as Un pays, un goût, une manière, L’amour quotidien and Thetford au milieu de notre vie, co-directed with Fernand Dansereau, as well as La tradition de l’orgue au Québec, Rencontre avec une femme remarquable: Laure Gaudreault and Contes des mille et un jours: Jean Desprez. As a producer at the National Film Board, she helmed some fifteen documentary, animation and experimental films. Later, she co-directed the Canada-France mini- series Sectes, mensonges et idéaux (Sects, Lies and Ideals) with Frédéric Lenoir, and wrote and produced documentaries including Bad Girls, the Vivre en solo collection and Le corps qui parle. More recently, while heading the Cinémathèque québécoise, she conceived, wrote and co-directed the documentary La revanche des jeux vidéos. Earth: Seen from the Heart completes the trilogy begun in 2003 with Hubert Reeves – Star Teller and continued in 2010 with From the Big Bang to Life (feature, mini-series, web platform). The goal of this film is to share as widely as possible Hubert Reeves’s major legacy for future generations: his fight for the preservation of biodiversity. C5 ADRIN HUBERT REEVES “Astronomy and ecology can be seen Canadian-French astrophysicist, as two sides of the same coin: our science communicator existence. Astronomy, by unveiling the a n d e c o l o g i s t history of the universe, tells us where we come from, how we came to be here today. Ecology, by making us aware of the threats to our future, aims to teach us how to stay here.” — Hubert Reeves Hubert Reeves was born in Montreal in 1932. A graduate of Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, he holds a BSc in physics from Université de Montréal, an MSc from McGill University and a PhD from Cornell University. From 1960 to 1964, he served as an advisor to NASA and taught physics at Université de Montréal. In 1965, he was appointed Director of Research at France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He continues to lecture in astronomy and cosmology at universities in France and Canada. Hubert Reeves serves as honorary president of the non-profit association “Humanity and Biodiversity” and of the French national agency for biodiversity. The author of many best-selling books (Poussières d’étoiles, The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren), he is also a passionate music lover, which has led him to perform as narrator in major musical works and occasionally conduct. hubertreeves.info R6 EEVES FRÉDÉRIC LENOIR Philosopher, sociologist and religious historian Frédéric Lenoir holds a PhD from France’s School of French philosopher, sociologist, researcher and writer Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), where he is a research associate. He is the co-founder, with Martine Roussel-Adam, of Fondation SEVE, Savoir Être et Vivre Ensemble, whose core mission is to train people to lead philosophy and meditation workshops in schools. In May 2017, he founded Ensemble pour les Animaux, an association committed to bettering human-animal relations and working with other associations to defend animal welfare. The author of more than forty publications (essays, novels, fables, encyclopaedias) translated into some twenty languages, he also writes plays, screenplays and comic-style books. fredericlenoir.com ©Frédéric Lenoir ©Frédéric 8 LENOIR EDITH A. WIDDER Deep-sea explorer Edith A. Widder, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, combines expertise in oceanographic research Co-founder, CEO and Senior Scientist, Ocean Research & with technological innovation in her efforts to reverse the Conservation Association global trend of marine ecosystem degradation. She holds a BSc in biology from Tufts University and an MSc in Biochemistry and a PhD in Neurobiology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Certified as a Scientific Research Pilot for Atmospheric Diving Systems in 1984, she is qualified to use the deep-diving suit Wasp as well as the single-person untethered submersibles Deep Rover and Deep Worker. She has made over 250 dives in Johnson Sea Link submersibles, and her research involving submersibles has been featured in produc- tions for BBC, PBS, Discovery Channel and National Geographic. A specialist in bioluminescence, she is at the forefront in helping design and invent new submersible instrumen- tation and equipment that enable unobtrusive deep-sea observation. Her innovations have served to film rare sharks, jellyfish and crustaceans, discover a new species of large squid and, in 2012, record the first-ever footage of a giant squid (Architeuthis) in its natural habitat. In 2005, she established the non-profit Ocean Research & Conservation Association, dedicated to the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies and science-based conservation action. teamorca.org W9 IDDER M A R IO CY R World-renowned for his cold-water cinematography, Mario Cyr has worked on more than 150 productions Deep-sea explorer and cinematographer for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC, The Walt Disney Company, NHK, France 2, TF1 and others. Between 2001 and 2007, he participated in polar expeditions aboard the Sedna as master diver and underwater videographer. His images have earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Ice Bear 3D, the Palme d’Or at the Festival mondial d’Antibes for Toothed Titans (National Geographic), and a César for his work on Oceans (Disney). His pioneering feats include filming walruses underwater (1991) and capturing polar bears beneath the surface without protective gear (2011). Since 2001, he has exhibited his photographs and given more than 500 talks on his specialty in Canada, Europe and Asia. This year, he is sharing his knowl- edge in an immersive event called “Mario Cyr – Les yeux de la mer (The Eyes of the Sea),” slated for twenty presentations across Quebec. Like a “Spielberg of the deep,” he uses images to recount his adventures and discoveries and the beauty of the animal worlds he has explored. Nature appears in all its splendour as a legacy to be preserved. lesyeuxdelamer.com C10 YR ÉLISE DESAULNIERS Élise Desaulniers, Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA, is an independent researcher and the author of A u t h o r, b l o g g e r a n d Executive Director of Je mange avec ma tête (2011), Cash Cow (2013) and the Montreal SPCA Le défi végane 21 jours (2016). In 2015, she won the grand prize for independent journalism in Quebec (Opinion category) for a text on feminism and anti-speciesism. Her books have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish and Catalan and adapted for France. edesaulniers.com ESAUL D11 JÉRÔME DUPRAS Jérôme Dupras is the bass player for Les Cowboys Fringants and chair of the band’s environmental Professor, Director, Ecological Economics Lab (ISFORT) and bassist protection foundation. for Les Cowboys Fringants Concurrent with his musical career, he teaches in the Department of Natural Sciences at Université du Québec en Outaouais and conducts research at the Institut des sciences de la forêt tempérée, where he heads the Ecological Economics Lab. He holds a PhD in geography from Université de Montréal and a postdoctoral degree in biology from McGill University. He co-founded the Green Belt Movement in 2012 and is actively involved with many research centres and environmental organizations. cowboysfringants.com dupraslab.weebly.com D12 UPRAS MICHEL LABRECQUE Michel Labrecque has been Curator and Head of scientific research and development at the Montreal Curator, Montreal Botanical Garden, and researcher Botanical Garden since 1997. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Université de Montréal. As a specialist in ecophysiology, his research touches on environmental issues and explores the adaptive mechanisms of plants subjected to various types of stress. For several years he has been working on phytoremediation, studying the use of plants to absorb toxic trace elements and degrade organic contaminants. This work focuses on the restoration of brownfields and former mining and oil industry sites. He has supervised or co-supervised the theses of some forty graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. As author or co-author, he has published nearly a hundred peer-reviewed articles and given as many lectures in Canada and abroad. He served as chair for the 2000 International Symposium on the Tree and for the 2007 International Workshop on Environmental Applications of Willows and Poplars. In 2007, he co-founded the Société québécoise de phytotechnologie. In 2017, he chaired the 14th International Conference on Phytotechnologies, held in Montreal and attended by close to 400 specialists from 50 countries.