Kalina Bertin is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2017 film Manic.
[1] A 2013 graduate of the film studies program at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she made Manic about her siblings' struggles with bipolar disorder.
[2] She ultimately uncovered the story of her biological father, a Montserratian cult leader who also suffered from bipolar disorder, and who had, unbeknownst to Bertin until making the film, also fathered at least 12 other children with four other women.
[2] Manic premiered at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] where Bertin was selected by Daniel Cross of EyeSteelFilm as the recipient of a $5,000 grant for emerging women documentary filmmakers.
[6] The film was also shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019.