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STÉPHANE LAFLEUR
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In the last 10 years, Stéphane Lafleur has contributed to the creation of more than 30 independent short films. He is notably one of the founding members of the Kino movement, and is also an accomplished editor and musician.
In 1999, his student short film Karaoké was selected at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal and at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it earned a Jury’s Special Mention. Karaoké also won the Public Award, the Directors’ Award, and a Jury’s Special Mention at the Proje(c)t Y festival, dedicated to short films made in Quebec.
In 2002, snooze was chosen to open the Rendez-vous du cinema québécois. The film was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and at the Namur International Film Festival.
His latest short, Claude, has distinguished itself on the festival circuit, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, as well as Berlin’s Interfilm, among others.
Stéphane Lafleur also works as an editor for various television productions (the cutting-edge Les Francs-tireurs and the hit series François en série), documentaries (including the vibrant Manon and La famille Hilton), and numerous award-winning videos for bands such as Les Trois Accords, Malajube and Les Cowboys Fringants.
His first feature film, Continental, a film without guns was selected by the prestigious Toronto and Venice film festivals, where it held its world premiere in August 2007.
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