The Free Ones () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nicolas Lévesque and released in 2020. An expansion of his 2015 short film Interview with a Free Man (Entrevue avec un homme libre),François Lévesque, "«Les libres»: réapprendre le dehors". Le Devoir, February 12, 2021. which was named by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of the Canada's Top Ten short films in 2015,Bruce Kirkland, "TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015". Toronto Sun, December 8, 2015. the film is a portrait of several ex-convicts who are readjusting to life as free men with jobs at a sawmill in Roberval, Quebec.André Duchesne, "Les libres : refaire sa vie, une planche à la fois". La Presse, February 12, 2021.
The film premiered at the 2020 Montreal International Documentary Festival."This week at Montreal documentary film festival RIDM". Cult MTL, November 13, 2020.
The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Jean-Philippe Archibald) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Natacha Dufaux).Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
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