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Here At Home: Not Chosen

For every housed participant, another remains homeless. Wandering the empty corridors of his shelter, Valère reveals his struggle with HIV/AIDS, and his longing for a home of his own. 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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For every housed participant, another remains homeless. Wandering the empty corridors of his shelter, Valère reveals his struggle with HIV/AIDS, and his longing for a home of his own.


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.

Here at Home Web Documentary
Social Issues Psychology and Psychiatry All subjects
  • 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
    Valère Rioux
    Jean-Marie Tremblay

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