Patrice Laliberté

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Patrice Laliberté is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2015 short film Overpass (Viaduc), which won the Toronto International Film Festival award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

He has also directed the short films Je t'aime à la livre (2009), Laisser don'faire (2011), Le souffle que l'on retient (2014), Le cycle des moteurs (2014) and Late Night Drama (2016), the television miniseries La Boîte à malle (2012) and web series Gamer(s) (season 1 2017, season 2 2020).

His feature film debut, The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin), was the first feature film from Quebec to be distributed as a Netflix original film.[1] The film had a theatrical premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma in February 2020 before its launch on Netflix.[4] He produced the film with his company Couronne Nord.

His second feature film, Very Nice Day (Très belle journée), shot on a smartphone, was released in 2022.[5]

He is currently working on the adaptation of the Quebecois novel Tout est ori with its author Paul Serge Forest and Guillaume Laurin.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Christopher Reynolds, "Quebec gets its first Netflix original film amid tax, cultural content concerns". CBC News Montreal, November 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Room wins People's Choice Award at TIFF". National Post, September 20, 2015.
  3. ET Canada
    , January 19, 2016.
  4. ^ André Duchesne, "Le premier film québécois de Netflix aux Rendez-vous Québec cinéma". La Presse, February 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Marc Cassivi, "Frères d’urgence". La Presse, April 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Laila Maalouf, « Tout est ori porté à l’écran », La Presse, 6 décembre 2021 (lire en ligne [archive], January 30,2024.

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