Diretores / 49ª mostra

Born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1973. After studying film, he made short films and worked for several years as a film critic. In 2005, he made his feature debut with “Drifting States”, which won the Golden Leopard in the video competition at Locarno. He also made films like “All that She Wants” (2008) and “Curling” (2010, 34th Mostra), both winners of best direction at Locarno, “Vic and Flo Saw a Bear” (2013), which won the Alfred Bauer Award at the Berlinale, “Boris without Béatrice” (2016), “Ghost Town Anthology” (2019), “Social Hygiene” (2021, 45th Mostra), winner of best director award in the Encounters section at the Berlin International Film Festival, “That Kind of Summer” (2022, 46th Mostra) and “Mademoiselle Kenopsia” (2023, 47th Mostra), presented at film festivals such as Locarno and Toronto. His work has been the subject of more than 40 retrospectives at festivals around the world, and in 2024, he received the Albert-Tessier Prize, Québec’s highest cinematic honor, in recognition of his work.