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2008 Canadian film

Junior
Directed by	Isabelle Lavigne Stéphane Thibault
Written by	Isabelle Lavigne Stéphane Thibault
Produced by	Johanne Bergeron Yves Bisaillon
Starring	Benjamin Breault [fr] Christian Daigle Michel Morissette Éric Dubois Éric Messier Jean-Pierre Lareau Ryan-James Hand [fr] François Bouchard Alexandre Picard-Hooper Jonathan Duchesneau Michel Laroque Jacques Tremblay Pierre Parent Denis Leblanc Marcel Marsolais Patrick Lowe Alex Lamontagne Ryan Lehr Gilles Côté Brian St-Louis
Edited by	René Roberge
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release dates	September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10) (RIDM) January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28) (Quebec)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	French, English

Junior is a 2008 documentary film chronicling a year in the life of Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Co-directed by Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film was named Best Documentary: Society at the Prix Gémeaux and Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It also won the Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award in 2009

The film was shot in Direct Cinema style and follows players, managers, trainers, shareholders, agents and recruiters over the course of an entire season.

References

"Junior". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Anderson, Jason (16 April 2008). "Hot Docs". Eye Weekly. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Hewings, Meg (24 January 2008). "The business of hockey". Hour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

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v t e Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary
Best Feature Documentary	Chile, Obstinate Memory (1998) Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999) The Holier It Gets (2000) My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001) The Fiancée of Life (2002) Rage Against the Darkness (2003) Army of One (2004) Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005) Martyr Street (2006) The Bodybuilder and I (2007) Flicker (2008) Invisible City (2009) In the Name of the Family (2010) Family Portrait in Black and White (2011) The World Before Her (2012) When I Walk (2013) Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015) Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016) Unarmed Verses (2017) A Little Wisdom (2018) Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019) Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020) Zo Reken (2021) Geographies of Solitude (2022) I Lost My Mom (2023) The Soldier's Lagoon (2024)
Special Jury Prize	The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003) Continuous Journey (2004) Mystic Ball (2006) Driven by Dreams (2007) Junior (2008) Waterlife (2009) Leave Them Laughing (2010) At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011) Peace Out (2012) Alphée of the Stars (2013) Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014) The Amina Profile (2015) The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016) Resurrecting Hassan (2017) What Walaa Wants (2018) Prey (2019) Stateless (2020) One of Ours (2021) Rojek (2022) Caiti Blues (2023) Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)

Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary

Best Feature Documentary

Chile, Obstinate Memory (1998)
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999)
The Holier It Gets (2000)
My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001)
The Fiancée of Life (2002)
Rage Against the Darkness (2003)
Army of One (2004)
Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005)
Martyr Street (2006)
The Bodybuilder and I (2007)
Flicker (2008)
Invisible City (2009)
In the Name of the Family (2010)
Family Portrait in Black and White (2011)
The World Before Her (2012)
When I Walk (2013)
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015)
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016)
Unarmed Verses (2017)
A Little Wisdom (2018)
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019)
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020)
Zo Reken (2021)
Geographies of Solitude (2022)
I Lost My Mom (2023)
The Soldier's Lagoon (2024)

Special Jury Prize

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003)
Continuous Journey (2004)
Mystic Ball (2006)
Driven by Dreams (2007)
Junior (2008)
Waterlife (2009)
Leave Them Laughing (2010)
At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011)
Peace Out (2012)
Alphée of the Stars (2013)
Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014)
The Amina Profile (2015)
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)
Resurrecting Hassan (2017)
What Walaa Wants (2018)
Prey (2019)
Stateless (2020)
One of Ours (2021)
Rojek (2022)
Caiti Blues (2023)
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)

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