Chloé Robichaud
Chloé Robichaud (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian director best known for her debut film Sarah Prefers to Run. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
Early life and education
Robichaud was born in Cap-Rouge, Quebec. She graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in 2010.[1]
Career
Robichaud made her feature film debut with Sarah Prefers to Run.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]
Robichaud launched the webseries Féminin/Féminin in 2014, about a group of six Montrealer lesbians dealing with love and growing up in the city.[5] The series ran for an initial eight episodes. In 2018 Robichaud directed a second season made up of an additional eight episodes.
In 2015, Robichaud announced her next film would be Boundaries, which presents three women whose paths cross in the fictional country of Besco, a small, isolated island facing an important economic crisis.[6]
Filmography
- Regardless - 2008
- Au revoir Timothy - 2009
- Moi non plus - 2010
- Nature morte - 2010
- Herd Leader (Chef de meute) - 2012
- Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) - 2013
- Féminin/Féminin - 2014
- Boundaries (Pays) - 2016
See also
- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
- ^ Lacey, Liam (May 20, 2013). "'I don't have a Plan B': Quebec's Chloé Robichaud at Cannes". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Chloé Robichaud is heading to Cannes with Sarah préfère la course - Concordia grad lives the dream By T'Cha Dunlevy, GAZETTE Film Critic 18 April 2013
- ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013. (English) SARAH PREFERE LA COURSE (SARAH PREFERS TO RUN)
- ^ http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/tag/sarah-prefere-la-course Cannes 2013 Review: 'Sarah Prefers to Run' Cannes Film Festival By Shaun Munro on 22 May 2013
- ^ Bianco, Marcie (January 23, 2014). ""Féminin/Féminin" is a French-Canadian web series to watch". Afterellen.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Simard, Magali (2016). "Boundaries". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Chloé Robichaud at mediaqueer.ca.
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- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Lesbian artists
- Lesbian writers
- LGBT directors
- LGBT screenwriters
- LGBT writers from Canada
- Film directors from Quebec
- Writers from Quebec City
- Concordia University alumni