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Canadian filmmaker, in 2002 Julien Elie directed his first documentary, “Le Dernier Repas”, about the death penalty in the USA, followed by a medium length documentary filmed in East Africa the same year. After taking a fifteen year hiatus from cinema, he returned in 2018 with the film “Dark Suns”, a story about the wave of violence that has affected Mexico for years, and which was presented and awarded in film festivals like CPH:DOX, BAFICI, FIDMarseille, Sheffield, FICUNAM, and Hamburg. He also made “La Guardia Blanca” (2023), a documentary filmed in Mexico, addressing the devastation of landscapes and territories by private companies.