Olivier Godin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1]
He directed a number of short films before premiering his full-length directoral debut, Le Pays des âmes, at the 2011 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[2] He followed up in 2014 with Nouvelles, nouvelles,[3] and in 2016 with The Art of Speech (Les Arts de la parole),[4] for which he won a jury prize at the 2017 edition of Les Percéides.[5]
In 2018 he released Waiting for April (En attendant avril),[6] which was his first film to receive wide distribution beyond Quebec, including being selected for the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[7]
There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier) premiered at the virtual 2020 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma.[8]
His sixth film, Ireland Blue Book (Irlande cahier bleu), premiered at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival,[9] where it was the winner of the Camera Lucida award from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.[10]
Filmography
edit- Le Pays des âmes - 2011
- Nouvelles, nouvelles - 2014
- The Art of Speech (Les Arts de la parole) - 2016
- Waiting for April (En attendant avril) - 2018
- There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier) - 2020
- Ireland Blue Book (Irlande cahier bleu) - 2023
References
edit- ^ André Duchesne, "Olivier Godin: une première rétrospective". La Presse, September 10, 2014.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Pays des âmes, Le – Film d’Olivier Godin". Films du Québec, November 16, 2011.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Olivier Godin: réaliser sans amertume". La Presse, June 23, 2014.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Les arts de la parole d’Oliver Godin". Le Devoir, April 1, 2017.
- ^ Gilles Gagné, "Olivier Godin brille aux Percéides". Le Soleil, August 29, 2017.
- ^ François Lévesque, "«En attendant avril»: Olivier Godin le magicien". Le Devoir, February 7, 2020.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "En attendant Avril – Film de Olivier Godin". Films du Québec, February 2, 2020.
- ^ "WEEK ONE: Five films to watch at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2020". Cult MTL, October 7, 2020.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Irlande cahier bleu – Film de Olivier Godin". Films du Québec, September 3, 2023.
- ^ Erik Pedersen, "Fantasia Film Festival Awards: ‘Red Rooms’ Takes Best Feature & Two Others; ‘Femme’ A Double Winner – Full List". Deadline Hollywood, July 30, 2023.