Prayer for a Lost Mitten () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean-François Lesage and released in 2020.Pat Mullen, "Nostalgia for City Life: Jean-François Lesage on ‘Prayer for a Lost Mitten’". Point of View, May 29, 2020. The film centres on the lost and found office of the Montreal Metro system.Norman Wilner, "Prayer For A Lost Mitten, Stray win top awards at Hot Docs 2020". Now, May 19, 2020.
The film premiered as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.Daniele Alcinii, "Twenty-three Canadian titles among Hot Docs virtual lineup". Playback, May 5, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada it was not screened theatrically, but premiered as part of the festival's online streaming component.Garnet Fraser, "Hot Docs to stream dozens of films in new digital version of festival". Toronto Star, May 5, 2020. It was named the winner of the festival's Best Canadian Feature Documentary award.Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020.
Awards The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Marianne Ploska), Best Original Music in a Documentary (Tom Brunt) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Marie-Andrée Cormier, Olivier Germain, Marie-Pierre Grenier).Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021. In 2022, the film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois.Maxime Demers, "Prix collégial du cinéma québécois : les finalistes dévoilés". Le Journal de Montréal, January 18, 2022.
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary,Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. and Ploska won the award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.
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