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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 was awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival; “Boris without Béatrice” (2016); “Ghost Town Anthology” (2019); “Social Hygiene” (2021, 45th Mostra), winner of best director award in the Encounters section at Berlinale; “That Kind of Summer” (2022, 46th Mostra); “Mademoiselle Kenopsia” (2023, 47th Mostra); and “Paul” (2025, 49th Mostra). His work has been the subject of many 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.