First Stripes

First Stripes (French: Premières armes) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean-François Caissy and released in 2018.^[1] The film profiles a group of Canadian Armed Forces recruits commencing basic training.^[1]

First Stripes
French	Premières armes
Directed by	Jean-François Caissy
Written by	Jean-François Caissy
Produced by	Johanne Bergeron Colette Loumède
Cinematography	Nicolas Canniccioni
Edited by	Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Music by	Julien Bilodeau
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) (Berlin)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival,^[2] and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.^[3]

Nicolas Canniccioni received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.^[4]