My Real Life

My Real Life (French: Ma vie réelle) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Magnus Isacsson and released in 2012.^[1] The last film Isacsson completed before his death,^[2] the film centres on the experiences of four young men in suburban Montréal-Nord who have turned to hip hop music as a creative outlet.^[3]

My Real Life
French	Ma vie réelle
Directed by	Magnus Isacsson
Written by	Magnus Isacsson
Produced by	Jeannine Gagné
Starring	Alexandre Bryson Don Karnage Danny Raymond Michael Stiverne Mikerson Stiverne
Cinematography	Martin Duckworth
Edited by	Annie Jean
Production company	Les Films du 3 mars
Release date	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) (RIDM)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film premiered at the 2012 Montreal International Documentary Festival,^[4] where it was the winner of the Grand Prize for Best National Feature.^[5] Due to Isacsson's death in August, it was screened as part of a tribute retrospective of several of his films at the Cinémathèque québécoise.^[6] The festival also announced the creation of the Magnus Isacsson Award, to honour Canadian films with a strong social message, in the same year.^[6]

The film was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.^[7]

It was released on DVD in 2013.^[5]