Chloé Leriche
Chloé Lericheis aCanadianfilm director fromMontreal,Quebec.[1]Her debut feature film,Before the Streets(Avant les rues),received sixCanadian Screen Awardnominations at the5th Canadian Screen Awardsin 2017, includingBest Pictureand a nod for Leriche asBest Director.[2]
Leriche, a largely self-taught filmmaker,[1]made a number of short films and worked as an educator with film and video training programs for homeless youth andFirst Nations,[3]before writing and directingBefore the Streets.[4]Her most noted short film,The Schoolyard(Les Grands),was named to theToronto International Film Festival's annualCanada's Top Tenlist for short films in 2007.[5]
Before the Streetswon theBorsos Competitionaward for best picture, and Leriche won the award for best director, at the 2016Whistler Film Festival.[6]At the 2016Directors Guild of Canadaawards, Leriche won theDGC Discovery Award.[7]
Her second feature film,Atikamekw Suns(Soleils Atikamekw),premiered at the2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[8]and was shortlisted for the 2023 DGC Discovery Award.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Chloé Leriche à la Berlinale avec un film en langue attikamekw".Voir,January 13, 2016.
- ^"The Canadian Screen Awards nominations are out!".Now,January 17, 2017.
- ^"Chloé Leriche: pour contrer l'indifférence".La Presse,April 13, 2016.
- ^"Berlinale 2016 Women Directors: Meet Chloé Leriche – ‘Before the Streets’".Indiewire,February 22, 2016.
- ^"Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list".Daily Gleaner,December 12, 2007.
- ^"Before the Streets wins big in Whistler".Playback,December 5, 2016.
- ^"Paul Gross takes top film honours at Directors Guild of Canada Awards".The Globe and Mail,October 22, 2016.
- ^Charles-Henri Ramond,"FNC 2023: la sélection québécoise".Films du Québec,September 20, 2023.
- ^Taimur Sikander Mirza,"Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards".Playback,September 20, 2023.
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