Wandering: A Rohingya Story (, lit. "Wandering Without Return") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and released in 2020.Valérie Cloutier, "Errance sans retour ou la réalité de réfugiés rohingyas". Ici Radio-Canada Québec, September 8, 2020. The film is a portrait of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, which houses a large number of refugees from the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar.Sylvie Mousseau, "FICFA: dans les profondeurs d'un camp de réfugiés". L'Acadie Nouvelle, November 16, 2020.
Portions of the film were screened in January 2020 as part of Errance sans retour, a multimedia exhibition on the Rohingya crisis at Quebec City's Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in early 2020, alongside photography by Renaud Philippe.Éric Clément, "Errance sans retour, une expo qui vient du cœur". La Presse, January 22, 2020. The full film had its premiere at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 19, 2020.Jonathan Lavoie, "Des films en salle au Festival de cinéma de Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, December 10, 2020.
Awards The film won the Public Prize at FCVQ,"« ERRANCE SANS RETOUR » de Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins sacré Prix du public au FCVQ et sélectionné dans trois festivals internationaux". CTVM.info, October 7, 2020. and the award for Best Documentary at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie.Pascale Savoie-Brideau, "Un bilan positif pour le 34e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 21, 2020.
The Musée des beaux-arts exhibition was named the winner of the Société des musées du Québec's Prix Télé-Québec - Coup de coeur du jury award for museum shows."MNBAQ : L’expo « Errance sans retour » primé par la Société des musées du Québec". Lien Multimédia, November 4, 2020.
The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021,Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021. and was nominated for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Philippe, Higgins). It also received five Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Philippe, Higgins), Best Editing in a Documentary (Higgins, Amélie Labrèche), Best Original Music in a Documentary (Martin Dumais) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Higgins, Pierre-Jules Audet, Luc Boudrias, Kala Miya).Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
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