André-Line Beauparlant
Director
In the 12 years since her studies in film at the Université de Montréal and in
theatre design at the National Theatre School of Canada, André-Line Beauparlant has
worked as an art director on auteur films. She has been noted for working on such
films as Un dimanche à Kigali by Robert Favreau; Camping sauvage
by Guy A. Lepage; Gaz Bar Blues by Louis Bélanger; La moitié gauche du
frigo by Philippe Falardeau; Mariages by Catherine Martin; 20h17
rue Darling and La femme qui boit by Bernard Émond; Que dieu
bénisse l’Amérique, Petit Pow! Pow! Noel, Le Nèg and
Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur by Robert Morin and Les
Siamoises by Isabelle Hayeur.
She has also participated in several script reading committees and has obtained
two scriptwriting grants. In 2000-2001, she directed her first feature film,
Trois princesses pour Roland. This film earned André-Line two awards,
including the prize for Best Direction at Hot Docs Film Festival (2002), and the
Yolande and Pierre Perreault award for the Best Aspiring Documentary at the
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (2002). This film was also nominated for Best
Documentary at the Jutra Awards.
Following her feature length success with Trois princesses pour Roland,
André-Line directed a short documentary, Elvis l’Italiano —
and in 2004, signed on to her second feature-length documentary, Le petit
Jésus, for which she obtained the Best Direction Award at the Hot Docs Film
Festival. André-Line has recently completed her third feature-length documentary,
Antlers.
Robert Morin
Director of Photography
From Ma vie c’est pour le restant de mes jours and Quiconque
meurt, meurt à douleur through to Le Neg, Requiem pour un beau
sans-cœur, La Réception and Tristesse modèle réduit
comes a director of undeniable talent and skill whose accomplishments have earned
him several awards and many nods of respect. Robert Morin’s flare for film is
of no surprise as Yes Sir! Madame… so eloquently demonstrates.
Sophie Leblond
Editor
Synonymous with the revival of modern fictional Québécois cinema, Sophie Leblond
has been noted for having edited Familia, Une crabe dans la tête,
La moitié gauche du frigo, Un 32 août sur terre and
Zigrail. She has also, with equal talent and vigor, edited several other
documentaries, such as Le petit Jésus, Trois princesses pour
Roland, Pâté chinois, and Mai en décembre. She is currently
editing Stéphane Lafleur’s first feature length film, Confidential, un
film sans fusil.
Martin Allard
Sound Editor
Martin Allard has been a sound editor for Bande à part Audio and Post-production
since its foundation in 1998. He has worked with filmmakers such as Bernard Emond
(La neuvaine), Catherine Martin (dans les villes), André-Line
Beauparlant (Le petit Jésus) and Benoît Pilon (Roger Toupin),
among others.
Danielle Leblanc
Producer
A graduate of the Université de Montréal in Film Studies and Communications, as
well as from HEC in Management of Cultural Organizations, Danielle Leblanc has
collaborated as production manager/coordinator and assistant production manager on
numerous auteur-style fiction and documentary films over a period of thirteen
years. During this period, she worked at Vidéographe and then moved on to Coop
Vidéo, where she served as production coordinator.
Since 2000, she has devoted her time to the production of documentary films as
well as to the administrative support of artists within the interdisciplinary arts.
In early 2006, she accepted the role of general manager at Coop Vidéo. She is
characterized as a defender of creative liberty and the space with which to
exercise it; a defender of the belief in the author’s right to his or her
work; and favors a supportive approach to filmmaking over a controlling one. To
date, Danielle Leblanc has produced three feature length documentaries —
Trois princesses pour Roland, Le petit Jésus and Antlers
— all by fellow documentarian André-Line Beauparlant.
