Gabrielle

Louise Archambault

Holder of a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Louise Archambault was noticed thanks to her film Atomic Sake (1999) who toured festivals around the world in addition to winning the Jutra Award for Best Short Film in 2000 and the Best Film Award at the Delle Donne Festival in Turin, Italy. In 2002, Louise directed her second short film Mensonges. Her first feature film Familia produced by micro_scope made its debut on the international stage in official competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005. Familia is then invited to many festivals, including those in Gothenburg, Sao Paulo, Taipei, Hong Kong and Jeonju in South Korea. The film also won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was selected in 7 categories at the Gala des Genies where it earned the Claude-Jutra Award for Best First Film. Familia has been sold in several countries, including France and the United States. Following her first feature film, Louise Archambault directed Lock, a portrait of the choreographer Édouard Lock produced by the NFB, participated in the collective film National Parks Project, bringing together thirteen Canadian directors, and designed the short film Jack and the Beanstalk for the Web-series Fabrique-moi un conte broadcast by Radio-Canada, co-directed the docufiction Dictature Affective produced by productions Vic Pelletier and signed some advertising campaigns. Gabrielle is her second feature-length fiction film.