Award: Documentary Award

Time: 2003/2004/2005
Place: Quebec, Canada

An old custom from the Middles Ages in France , Catholics were allowed a one-day respite from the rigours of Lent to enjoy themselves, to break up in two the 40 days fast prior to Easter, thus the Mi-, the middle. A custom that has largely died out in most places by the 1960’s, the Mi-Carême tradition in the province of Québec has remained strong in only tree small and isolated francophones communities: Natasquan, Fatima (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) and L’Île-aux-Grues.