Louise Archambault

Louise Archambault
Archambault at the Miami International Film Festival
Born
Montreal
NationalityCanadian
OccupationDirector
Years active1990-present

Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.[1] She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005,[2] and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.

Archambault has directed numerous short films, including Atomic Saké, Lock, Petite Mort and Kluane. Her film Gabrielle was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture and Best Actress for star Gabrielle Marion-Rivard.[4]

Her third feature film And the Birds Rained Down, an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was released in 2019.[5] Her fourth film, Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout), followed later the same year.[6] and One Summer (Le temps d'un été) was released in 2023.[7] In 2023 she also released Irena's Vow, her first English-language film.[8] The feature tells a story of a former nurse who shelters a dozen Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland.[9]

Archambault is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal (BFA 93, MFA 00).[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1998 2 Seconds Cinematographer
1999 Atomic Saké Director and writer Short film
Nominated — Prix Iris for Best Short Film
2005 Familia Director and writer Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
Genie Award Claude Jutra Award
Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Director
Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Palm Springs International Film Festival
Nominated — Taipei Film Festival Grand Prize
Nominated — Jeonju International Film Festival Indie Vision
2010 Lock Director and writer Short film
2012 Petite mort Director Short film
2013 Gabrielle Director and writer Prix Iris for Best Director
Prix Iris for Best Screenplay
Locarno Film Festival Audience Award
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur Audience Award
Windsor International Film Festival People's Choice Award
Nominated — Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
Nominated — Gijón International Film Festival Grand Prix Asturias
Nominated — Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film
Nominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Canadian Film
Nominated — Special Jury Prize (Locarno International Film Festival)
Nominated — Golden Leopard
Nominated — Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
Nominated — International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera Best Feature Film
2013 La galère Director 3 episodes
2015 Nouvelle Adresse Director 3 episodes
2015 This Life Director 4 episodes
2017 Catastrophe Director 6 episodes
2019 And the Birds Rained Down Director and writer Gothenburg Film Festival Dragon Award Best International Film
Victoria Film Festival Best Canadian Feature
Nominated — Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Prix Iris for Best Screenplay
Nominated — Golden Shell
Nominated — Miami International Film Festival Knight Marimbas Award
Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film
Nominated — Quebec City Film Festival Grand Prize
2019 Thanks for Everything Director
2017–2019 Trop Director 21 episodes
2021 Survivre à ses enfants Director 13 episodes
2022 Be Mine, Valentine Director Television film
2022 The Bad Seed Returns Director Television film
2023 One Summer Director Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film
2023 Irena's Vow Director Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award
Windsor International Film Festival People's Choice Award
Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film

References

  1. ^ Adam Nayman, "Louise Archambault". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Claude Jutra Award Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ "Gabrielle". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ^ "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Canadian Screen Awards". CTV News, 9 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Une première bande-annonce dévoilée pour «Il pleuvait des oiseaux»". Le Journal de Montréal, April 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Le film Merci pour tout, de Louise Archambault, sort en salle à Noël". Ici Radio-Canada, December 25, 2019.
  7. ^ Manon Dumais, "«Le temps d’un été»: prendre congé de la rue". Le Devoir, July 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott to star in Quiver’s wartime drama ‘Irena’s Vow’, as WestEnd launches sales". Screen Daily, May 9, 2022.
  9. ^ Lazic, Elena (2023-08-14). "Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  10. ^ "Louise Archambault". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-25.


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