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2012 Canadian film

Keep a Modest Head

French	Ne crâne pas sois modeste

Directed by	Deco Dawson
Written by	Deco Dawson
Produced by	Deco Dawson Catherine Chagnon Craig Trudeau
Cinematography	Deco Dawson
Edited by	Deco Dawson
Music by	Paul Schrofel
Production companies	Endstop and Elsewhere Microclimat Films
Release date	2012 (2012)
Running time	19 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Keep a Modest Head (French: Ne crâne pas sois modeste) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Deco Dawson and released in 2012. The film is a tribute to Jean Benoît, a Canadian artist often credited as "the last surrealist".

The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film. TIFF subsequently named the film to its year-end Canada's Top Ten list of short films. The film was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award finalist for Best Short Documentary Film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.

References

^ "Headgames: Deco Dawson’s 'Ne crane pas sois modeste (keep a modest head)'". Border Crossings, December 2012.
"A different kind of Playbook for TIFF ending". Toronto Star, September 16, 2012.
"Canada’s top 10 movies in 2012, according to TIFF". Maclean's, December 4, 2012.
"Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.

External links

Keep a Modest Head at IMDb

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Stealing Images (1989) Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990) The Making of Monsters (1991) Letters of Transit (1992) Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993) Frank's Cock (1994) Reconstruction (1995) Letters from Home (1996) Cotton Candy (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Discharge (1999) The Hat (2000) FILM(dzama) (2001) Blue Skies (2002) Aspiration (2003) Man. Feel. Pain. (2004) Big Girl (2005) The Days (2006) Pool (2007) Block B (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Little Flowers (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Keep a Modest Head (2012) Noah (2013) The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014) Overpass (2015) Mutants (2016) Pre-Drink (2017) Brotherhood (2018) Delphine (2019) Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) Simo (2022) Motherland (2023) Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film

Stealing Images (1989)
Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990)
The Making of Monsters (1991)
Letters of Transit (1992)
Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993)
Frank's Cock (1994)
Reconstruction (1995)
Letters from Home (1996)
Cotton Candy (1997)
When Ponds Freeze Over (1998)
Discharge (1999)
The Hat (2000)
FILM(dzama) (2001)
Blue Skies (2002)
Aspiration (2003)
Man. Feel. Pain. (2004)
Big Girl (2005)
The Days (2006)
Pool (2007)
Block B (2008)
Danse Macabre (2009)
Little Flowers (2010)
Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
Keep a Modest Head (2012)
Noah (2013)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014)
Overpass (2015)
Mutants (2016)
Pre-Drink (2017)
Brotherhood (2018)
Delphine (2019)
Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020)
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
Simo (2022)
Motherland (2023)
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

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