Presented by CJLO,Director’s Guild of Canada
VOÏVOD: We Are Connected
Directed by Felipe Belalcazar
Hosted by Director/Writer/Producer Felipe Belalcazar, members of Voïvod, special guest moderator Jason Rockman
Director
Felipe Belalcazar
Producer
Felipe Belalcazar
Writer
Felipe Belalcazar
Cast
Terry Brown, Tobias Forge, Danko Jones, Luc Lemay, George Stroumboulopoulos
Sound Designer
Bruce Baklarian
Editor
Felipe Belalcazar
Animator
Jaan Silmberg
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From the moment they exploded out of Jonquière in 1982, Voïvod blew minds everywhere they were heard and have been widely hailed as one of the most original and influential metal bands in the world. Jointly inspired by the new wave of British metal, contemporary hardcore/punk, and ’70s prog rock, vocalist Denis "Snake" Bélanger, guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, drummer Michel "Away" Langevin and bassist Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault conjured sounds and structures unlike anything else that was being played. Anywhere. They would go on to a have a decades-long journey that still continues to evolve and amaze, packed with extraordinary experiences in every part of the world. This is in the midst of personal struggles, seismic lineup changes and world-altering twists of fate. The happiest incarnation of the latter being the band’s eventual discovery of current guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain and bassist Dominic “Rocky” LaRoche, hometown friends whose first metal show in their teens was positively life-changing and happened to be... Voïvod.
Years in the making and produced with full access to the band’s archives, Felipe Belalcazar’s illuminating VOÏVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED brings the story of a groundbreaking career of 40+ years to the screen with energy, insight, and a palpable sense of love. And what a story it is, spanning multiple eras of the international metal scenes with several lifetimes worth of triumphs, tragedies, and creative ingenuities, knit into an ear-shredding twenty-one-gun salute of inspiration. We promise that you will be moved to tears. And where better to launch the film than in the very province that birthed the band? With appearances by Tobias Forge (Ghost), Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth), Jason Newsted (Metallica, Echobrain... and brief Voïvod member), Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR), Tom G Warrior (Celtic Frost, Triptykon), and Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats), among many others. Get ready to Rrröööaaarrr! – Mitch Davis
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