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PHILIPPE FALARDEAU Writer and director |
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After studying Canadian politics and international relations, Philippe Falardeau was chosen in 1993 as a contestant for the popular TV series La Course destination monde (a contest were the participants tour the world making short films). There, he shot 20 films and ended up winning the race as well as the IDRC Award.
In 1995, he collaborates with director Jacques Godbout to co-write Le sort de l’Amérique, a National Film Board of Canada documentary.
Two years later, he returns at the NBF to direct a medium length documentary on Chinese immigration in Canada, called Pâté chinois. The film is presented at the Montreal World Film Festival and wins Best Screenplay Award at the Yorkton Film Festival.
In 2000, Philippe Falardeau directs his first theatrical feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo (The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge). The film was a big success in Canada, and screened in numerous festivals around the world including Rotterdam, London, Paris, Seattle, Vancouver and Montreal. At the Toronto Film Festival, La Moitié gauche du frigo won the City TV Award for Best Canadian First Feature and at the Canadian Genie, the Claude Jutra Award. In France, the film is distributed theatrically by Pierre Grise Distribution.
With Congorama, released in 2006, Philippe Falardeau makes his second feature length film, a Canada/Belgium/France coproduction. Distributed theatrically in Quebec as in Europe, the film rapidly wins audience’s and critique’s heart, and remarkably distinguishes itself at the numerous festivals it is presented at. After being premiered at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, as the closing night film, Congorama makes its way to San Francisco, Toronto, Pusan, Göteborg and to New Directors / New Films at New York Moma. In addition of earning 5 Jutra’s Awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay, it also wins the Best Screenplay Award at the Genies in 2007.
Philippe is currently working on the post-production of C’est pas moi, je le jure!, his third feature length film.
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