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 edit
Film edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.