ZACHARY RICHARD TOUJOURS BATAILLEUR

World renowned Cajun singer Zachary Richard is on a quest to understand why Acadian and Cajuns are a resilient People and discover the pertinence of the Acadian identity today. Zachary traces the journey of his heritage in the Acadian regions of the Maritime provinces of Canada to discover the trials and tribulations of his Richard and Boudreaux family ancestors. Zachary returns to Louisiana to explore what has been kept in the culture from the Acadian heritage during the 250th anniversary celebrations of their arrival. Will he be capable of coming to terms with his past, to forgive and look towards the future?

• 35th International Film Festival on arts (FIFA) [Montreal] 
• 4th Los Angeles CineFest (LA California) 
• 5th International Filmmaker Festival (Nice, France) 
• 9th Move Me Productions Film Festival (/Antwerp, Belgium) 
• 8th 24 images per second Festival (Florac, France0 
• 10th Festival Les cousins d’Amérique (Loudun, France) 
• 24th Cajun Nights (Saulieu, France) 
• 1st Oniros Film Award (Aoste, Italy) 
• 7th Quebec City Film festival (Québec) 
• 3rd Charlottetown FF (Charlottetown, IPE) 
• 38e Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax, N-É) 

• Audience award /Best feature film award– Acadian 30th International Francophone Film festival Moncton, Canada)
• Best Canadian/International documentary – 17th Silver Wave FF (Fredericton, Canada) 
• Radio-Canada Acadian Audience Award  – The Maritimes (Canada) 
• Award Merit – San Diego- USA 
• Remi Award, 53e Worldfest Houston International Film Festival (Houston, Texas) 
• City of Dieppe Award – 5th Canadian Film Festival (Dieppe, France) 
• Best concept – 3rd The Buddha International Film Festival (Pune, India) 
• Best sound concept – Oniros Film Awards (Aoste, Italy) 
• Best production – Oniros Film Awards (Aoste, Italy)