Salomé Villeneuve

Salomé Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] She is most noted for her short film III, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards.[2]

The daughter of film director Denis Villeneuve,[3] she studied filmmaking at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.[4] She has stated that her father's career, and the heavy exposure to the world of film that she received in childhood due to his passion for cinema, influenced her desire to become a filmmaker, but that she did not decide to pursue it until concluding that she needed to make her own path as a filmmaker rather than trying to live up to the expectations created by her father's fame.[4]

She made a number of student films, and had film crew roles including on the costume team for her father's film Arrival, before releasing III in 2022, as her first commercial release. The film premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, the only Canadian film to screen at Venice that year.[5]

References

  1. ^ Michaela Zee, "Salomé Villeneuve Explores Childhood Memories in Nature in Venice-Selected Short ‘III’". Variety, September 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Jules Couturier, "«Viking» en bonne position aux prix Écrans canadiens". Métro, February 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Le premier film de la Québécoise Salomé Villeneuve sélectionné à la Mostra de Venise". Ici Radio-Canada, July 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Marc-André Lussier, "Salomé Villeneuve, faire sa propre trace". La Presse, September 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Maxime Demers, "La Mostra de Venise: «C’est vraiment un grand honneur» -Salomé Villeneuve". Le Journal de Montréal, September 7, 2022.


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