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Renée Blanchar (born May 19, 1964) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter.
[1] She is most noted as a two-time winner of the award for Best Atlantic Documentary at the
Atlantic International Film Festival , winning in 2018 for Shadow Men (Nos hommes dans l'ouest)
[2] and in 2021 for The Silence (Le Silence) .
[3]
A native of
Caraquet ,
New Brunswick ,
[4] she is an alumna of the
University of Ottawa and the
La Fémis film school in
Paris ,
France . While at La Fémis, she was selected as a member of the feature film jury at the
1989 Cannes Film Festival , after
Francis Ford Coppola and jury president
Wim Wenders sought out a film student to serve on the jury as a youth voice.
[5]
In addition to its win at AIFF, The Silence won the award for Best Acadian Feature at the 2020
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie ,
[6] and was shortlisted for the
DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021
Directors Guild of Canada awards.
[7]
Filmography
Film
1986 — 7:21
1990 — La vie sur Mars
1991 — Les Pinces d'or
1994 — Une Journée particulière
1996 — Profession ménagère
1998 — The Shed Next Door
1999 — Le Temps X
2002 — Raoul Léger: The Elusive Truth (Raoul Léger: La vérité morcelée)
2003 — 1604
2007 — On a tué l'Enfant-Jésus
[8]
2014 — A Place That Matters (Les héritiers du club)
2017 — Shadow Men (Nos hommes dans l'ouest)
2020 — The Silence (Le Silence)
[9]
2022 — A Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem (Lettre d’amour à Léopold L. Foulem)
[10]
Television
1996 — Aphrodisia
1997 — Turning Points of History
1997 — Warrior Songs: King Gesar
1997 — O Canada
1998 — La Pointe de l'iceberg
2001 — Fantasy 1
2002-2003 — Artiste dans l'âme
2006 — Trésors vivants
2007 — Le Souvenir nécessaire
2007 — A Hospital Crucified
2008-2012 — Belle-Baie
2017 — Les Monologues de la Sagouine
References
^ Laurie Wieland,
"Renée Blanchar: briser le silence" .
Le Soleil , September 23, 2021.
^ Jordan Pinto,
"FIN Atlantic ’18: Audience of Chairs picks up four prizes" .
Playback , September 21, 2018.
^ Mark Robins,
"Wildhood scores a quartet of awards at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival" . Halifax Presents , September 24, 2021.
^ Emmanuelle Plante,
"Cinq questions à Renée Blanchar, auteure et réalisatrice de Belle-Baie" .
Le Journal de Montréal , April 21, 2012.
^ Marc-André Lussier,
"Cannes: Xavier Dolan sur les traces de... Renée Blanchar!" .
La Presse , May 13, 2015.
^ Pascale Savoie-Brideau,
"Un bilan positif pour le 34e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie" .
Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 21, 2020.
^ Kelly Townsend,
"All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards" .
Playback , September 24, 2021.
^ Langlois, M. (2007). On a tué l’Enfant Jesus: moyen métrage documentaire de Renée Blanchar. Liaison , (137), 49-49.
^ Gendron, N. (2021). Renée Blanchar, réalisatrice du Silence. Ciné-Bulles , 39 (4), 4-10.
^
"Renée Blanchar célèbre le céramiste Léopold Foulem dans un documentaire" .
Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, July 12, 2022.
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