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Marc Serpa Francoeur

Marc Serpa Francoeur is a documentary filmmaker and interactive producer whose work builds on lifelong interests in immigration, diversity, and social justice issues. Co-founder of Lost Time Media with Robinder Uppal, they have produced a wide range of linear and interactive documentaries since 2013, including The World in Ten Blocks (2016), a feature-length interactive documentary that premiered at Hot Docs and Sheffield Doc/Fest and The Head in the Hand (2018), which was listed by DOC NYC as one of the top twelve contenders for the Oscars’ Documentary Short category. In 2020 they released No Visible Trauma, a scathing exposé of police brutality and accountability issues in Calgary, their hometown. They are in production on Love in the Time of Fentanyl, a feature-length documentary produced in partnership with ITVS and with the support of the Sundance Documentary Film Program.

DocX Roundup: VR and More at Hot Docs 2017

by Marc Serpa Francoeur
May 29, 2017
Features/Festivals

In its second year, Hot Docs 2017’s DocX program celebrated “documentary work that lives outside of the traditional format.” This year’s program consisted of three special one-off live events, The Maribor Uprisings, Africville in Black

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The Maribor Uprisings: A Live Participatory Film

by Robinder Uppal Marc Serpa Francoeur
May 25, 2017
Hot Docs

While it may not have been the best-attended presentation at Hot Docs 2017, The Maribor Uprisings was surely one of its most interesting. The one-night-only screening at Innis Town Hall was guided by co-director and

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Navid Khonsari and the Doc Game Revolution

by Marc Serpa Francoeur Robinder Uppal
May 7, 2015
Features/Hot Docs

“Documentary” and “game” aren’t words you typically hear in the same sentence, but Navid Khonsari wants to change that.

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The Power of Interactive Doc as Collective Experience

by Robinder Uppal Marc Serpa Francoeur
May 7, 2015
Festivals/Hot Docs

A nearly full house gathered at Innis Town Hall for Hot Docs 2015’s special one-night-only performance of Highrise: Universe Within, Live. The last instalment of Katerina Cizek and the NFB’s groundbreaking digital documentary

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4 Tools for Creating Interactive Docs

by Marc Serpa Francoeur Robinder Uppal
March 12, 2015
Features/Industry

Hey there, 21st Century Doc Maker! Do you want to delve into the world of interactive doc production even if you aren’t a computer programmer? Here’s a quick look at four different

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Interactive Docs for the Nonbelievers

by Marc Serpa Francoeur Robinder Uppal
March 9, 2015
Features/Industry

Although few conventional doc film projects get funded these days without some sort of interactive component, there are still plenty of grumblings among doc folk as to what all the fuss is

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