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ACTRESS First brought to fame in 2017 by Léa Mysius in AVA, presented at Critics’ Week at Cannes, Noée Abita was nominated the following year for...
FILMMAKER / ACTOR With MISS, the French Portuguese filmmaker Ruben Alves, who won the Audience Award at the Alpes d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival in 2013 for THE GILDED...
ACTOR Member of the Francophone Youth Jury Both French and Greek, Théo Augier is a drama and cinema lover. At 15, he tries to launch his career, sending thousands...
DIRECTOR Member of the Francophone Youth Jury Justine Beaulieu Poudrier is an emerging documentary filmmaker and photographer from Shawinigan, QC., who lives in Vancouver,...
Member of the AQCC-Nespresso Critics Jury Jason Béliveau is the editor-in-chief of Séquences magazine and director of programming at the broadcasting organization Antitube. In...
FILMMAKER / ACTOR Lucas Belvaux decides, at 16 years old, to abandon his studies and to leave Belgium for Paris, in order to become an actor. In 1981, he made his film debut in ALLONS...
DIRECTOR Member of Francophone Youth Jury NITRATE (2019), directed by Yousra Benziane, opened the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM 2019) and won...
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR Member of Francophone Youth Jury Quentin Delcourt produced and directed ALAIN in 2014, a first short film based on a heavy family secret. He then joined Mecam...
ACTRICE Dès sa sortie de l’école de théâtre, Sophie Desmarais accumule les rôles. Elle fait rapidement ses débuts sur grand écran...
ACTRESS President of the Francophone Youth Jury Her first major part was at age twelve, alongside Gérard Depardieu in the feature film NOUVELLE FRANCE. She was nominated for a...
FILMMAKER Cédric Klapish is the director who is a fan of social comedies. After having directed several short films such as GLAMOUR TOUJOURS or CE QUI ME MEUT, he directed in 1995 LE...
FILMMAKER Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan near a movie theater – the «Magic». His work as a director has taken on several forms, before focusing in 2002 on the...
Member of the AQCC-Nespresso Critics Jury Paul Landriau is the president of the AQCC (Quebec Film Critics’ Association), the head of programming of Plein(s) Écran(s), project...
Producer Member of the Francophone Youth Jury In the summer of 2008, when Antoine Le Carpentier was finishing his studies at NEOMA in Reims, France, Dominique Besnehard proposed...
ACTOR Félix Lefebvre has been interested in comedy since his childhood. He played in school plays before acting in the short film of friends. If the latter will never come out, he...
FILMMAKER / ACTRESS / SCREENWRITER It was in 2015, the year she began her high school studies at the Lycée Henri-IV, that Suzanne Lindon set to work on writing the screenplay for her...
FILMMAKER / ACTOR / SCREENWRITER Nicolas Maury began his theater studies at the Conservatory and graduated in 2001. Already counting an appearance in Patrice Chéreau's film, CEUX...
ACTRESS The first feature film for Quebec director Neegan Trudel, VACARME stands out from the rest thanks to the strong performance of its principal actress, Rosalie Pépin, who is the...
DIRECTOR Member of the Francophone Youth Jury Pascal Plante is a Montreal-based filmmaker whose first narrative feature, a punk romance entitled FAKE TATTOOS, competed at the...
ACTRESS Member of the Francophone Youth Jury In 2015, Nahéma Ricci obtained her first role in the feature film AILLEURS by Samuel Matteau. In 2017, she is involved in...
Well-known for her determination and people skills, Marie-Elaine is a passionate cultural manager with a great deal of vision who is committed to her field. After studying film in Spain where she...
Member of the AQCC-Nespresso Critics Jury Ambre Sachet is a film critic for the magazine Ciné-Bulles. After studies in literature and journalism, she has notably collaborated with VOIR and...
FILMMAKER At the age of eleven, Jean-Paul Salomé decided to become a director, but it was only after passing a scientific baccalaureate and studying cinema at the Sorbonne University...
THEATER ACTRESS / DANCER Member of the Francophone Youth Jury Born in Montreal, Quebec, Melissa Sirol grew up in the French Alps where she studied Performing Arts &...
ACTOR Member of the Francophone Youth Jury Jules Waringo began his cinema career working in short film, notably with Eric Lamhène, director of LAUSCHTER, GËFF...
FILMMAKER / ACTRESS / SCREENWRITER Ina Weisse is a German actress and director. Passionate about cinema, she started her career with several short films and roles in German TV movies....
FILMMAKER / PRODUCER / SCREENWRITER / AUTHOR Beirut-born, Canadian Maryanne Zéhil is fluent in French, English and Arabic, and speaks some German. Informed by the cultures of...
