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Canadian film director and screenwriter

Renée Blanchar (born May 19, 1964) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter. 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) and in 2021 for The Silence (Le Silence).

A native of Caraquet, New Brunswick, 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.

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, and was shortlisted for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021 Directors Guild of Canada awards.

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
  • 2014 — A Place That Matters (Les héritiers du club)
  • 2017 — Shadow Men (Nos hommes dans l'ouest)
  • 2020 — The Silence (Le Silence)
  • 2022 — A Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem (Lettre d’amour à Léopold L. Foulem)

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

  1. Laurie Wieland, "Renée Blanchar: briser le silence". Le Soleil, September 23, 2021.
  2. Jordan Pinto, "FIN Atlantic ’18: Audience of Chairs picks up four prizes". Playback, September 21, 2018.
  3. Mark Robins, "Wildhood scores a quartet of awards at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival". Halifax Presents, September 24, 2021.
  4. Emmanuelle Plante, "Cinq questions à Renée Blanchar, auteure et réalisatrice de Belle-Baie". Le Journal de Montréal, April 21, 2012.
  5. Marc-André Lussier, "Cannes: Xavier Dolan sur les traces de... Renée Blanchar!". La Presse, May 13, 2015.
  6. Pascale Savoie-Brideau, "Un bilan positif pour le 34e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 21, 2020.
  7. Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.
  8. Langlois, M. (2007). On a tué l’Enfant Jesus: moyen métrage documentaire de Renée Blanchar. Liaison, (137), 49-49.
  9. Gendron, N. (2021). Renée Blanchar, réalisatrice du Silence. Ciné-Bulles, 39(4), 4-10.
  10. "Renée Blanchar célèbre le céramiste Léopold Foulem dans un documentaire". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, July 12, 2022.

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