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Here At Home: A New Lease

2012 3 min
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Determined to go to NYC to reconnect with a famous actor, Simon is radically altering his life. He’s quit hard drugs, prostitution and crime and is moving into a new apartment. This short film is a chapter from Here At Home, a web documentary about mental health and homelessness that takes us inside the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home pilot project.

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Determined to go to NYC to reconnect with a famous actor, Simon is radically altering his life. He’s quit hard drugs, prostitution and crime and is moving into a new apartment.


This short film is a chapter from Here At Home, a web documentary about mental health and homelessness that takes us inside the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home pilot project.

  • director
    Sarah Fortin
  • camera
    Sarah Fortin
  • editing
    Sarah Fortin
  • producer
    Nathalie Cloutier
  • site coordinator
    Sonia Côté
  • associate producer
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • administrator
    Johanne Dubuc
    Sia Koukoulas
  • administrative assistant
    Lise Lévesque
  • executive producer
    Colette Loumède
  • participant
    Simon Loiselle
    Freddy McComeau

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