Agency:.A National Film Board of Canada production.

Writer, Kitra Cahana ; director, Kitra Cahana ; editor, Kara Blake ; music, Olivier Alary ; sound design, Sacha Ratcliffe ; producer, Kat Baulu, Ariel Nasr ; director of photography, Kitra Cahana ; sound recordist, Kitra Cahana ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard ; researcher, Kitra Cahana ; executive producer, Annette Clarke.

Featuring the words, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana.

Recorded 2021.

You perfect the art of longing by knowing where your soul is intended to be," says Rabbi Cahana in Perfecting the Art of Longing, acclaimed filmmaker Kitra Cahana's powerful collaboration with her father. In 2011, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana suffered a devastating brainstem stroke that left him "locked in," only able to communicate through the blinking of his eyes. In the years that followed, the beloved poet and community leader regained some power of speech but remained paralyzed, requiring round-the-clock assistance at a long-term-care facility in Montreal, Quebec. When the pandemic lockdown hit, he found himself completely isolated and cut off from his loved ones, connecting only through screens. Using footage from security cameras, video calls and home-video archives, this experimental short film leads us on a journey through memory, family and faith, exploring the nature of connection and distance. A philosophical film unlike any other, it's a tribute to the human spirit and a reflection on longing itself.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Meilleur court métrage documentaire, 2022 Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary, 2022 Best Director, 2022

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).