Documentaries
THE BLUEBERRY BLUES (2024)
Sound Design
Summer unveils a new blueberry season in Quebec. The fields are covered in blue and workers from all over scramble before the frost puts an end to the harvest. And yet this time of year is much more than just picking: it’s a time of music and connection.
Directed by Andrés Livov
Produced by Andrés Livov and Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier (Les Glaneuses)
OUJDA 1945 (2024)
Sound Design
Since she was a kid, Anne has always been angry. Just like her father. From 16mm footage of 1950s Morocco to family outings filmed in Super 8, the filmmaker delves into her family archives and the story of her father, eager to learn about the violence that inhabited him. Oujda, 1945 is a film essay uncovering a deep family secret that gives way to a terrible legacy: a grandfather’s involvement in the colonial system.
Directed by Anne Castelain
DIARY OF A FATHER (2023)
FX Editing
To make up for the absence of his seven-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. Diary of a Father is a poetic response to help make the separation between a father and his daughter bearable.
Directed by Paul-Claude Demers
Produced by Paul-Claude Demers
2023 RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival
THE BONES (2023)
Foley Editing
The Bones is a stunning, cinematic exploration of the high-stakes world of dinosaur bone trading, where obsessive collectors compete with museums, scientists, and high-end auction houses to own a piece of the past. It’s a story of intrigue, an illicit caper at the collision of science, commerce, and a dark colonial legacy.
Directed by Jeremy Xido
Produced by Ina Fichman
MURMURATION (2022)
Sound Design
Murmuration invites us to meet Kanope, a young Nigerian on his way to Europe. In a clever tale between fable and dream, Kanope reaches out to us and draws us into his hopeful journey. Inspired by real-life stories, the narrative is told by minor migrants who arrived in Sicily between 2015 and 2020. A shocking dive into humanity.
Written and Directed by Patricia Bergeron
Produced by Patricia Bergeron & Ghassan Fayad (Leitmotiv)
2024 Immersive Futures Lab, SXSW
2024 Sheffield Doc Fest
FERNAND DANSEREAU : IN A LIFETIME - GOVERNOR GENERAL'S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS (2022)
Sound Design
Fernand Dansereau is one of Quebec’s most prolific filmmakers, having produced, directed and written more than sixty documentaries, fiction films and television serial dramas. Over the course of his career, he has helped forge new filmmaking practices such as cinéma de relation and direct cinema. This short film traces a long journey, during which Dansereau has constantly travelled the pathways of creativity, with kindness as his guide, giving voice to people seeking to define the essence of a nation.
Directed by Sylvie Lapointe
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
CORRESPONDANCE (2022)
Sound Design
Several voices intertwine poetically with images in Correspondance, a personal and communal reflection on an abandoned school and the transformation of a gentrifying neighbourhood.
Directed by Laurence Ly
Produced by INIS
THE LOBSTER WHISPERER (2021)
Sound Design
When Michael Sullivan is not fishing lobster, he’s thinking about how to fish lobster. A 5th-generation fisherman living on Quebec’s Gaspé coast, he has tasked himself with building 200 wooden traps during the cold, dark winter months while waiting for the next season to begin.
Directed by Colin MacKenzie
Produced by Whatnot
BALAKRISHNA (2020)
Dialogue Editing
Aparna Kapur and Colin MacKenzie use animation to revisit the poignant true story of Balakrishna, a bull elephant shipped from India to Halifax in 1967 as a promotional stunt.
Directed by Colin MacKenzie and Aparna Kapur
Produced by Kat Baulu (The National Film Board of Canada)
HOTSPOT (2019)
Sound Design
For several years now, virtual reality experiences have been offering us the chance to experience the migrant life. Unlike projects that provide a spectacular but short immersive experience, Hotspot combines VR and participatory documentary theatre to create an uncanny representation of migrant processing centres.
Created by Patricia Bergeron
Produced by Leitmotiv
2019 RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival
FAR FROM BASHAR (2019)
Sound Design of the new shots
This documentary tells the story of a Syrian family in Montreal. As the children attempt to shape a daily life for themselves, their parents live in hope of one day returning to build their country
Directed by Pascal Sanchez
Produced by Nathalie Cloutier (The National Film Board of Canada)
ICE BREAKERS (2019)
Dialogue Editing
Ice Breakers is a documentary exploring the untold history of hockey and its African Nova Scotian forefathers through the present-day journey of Josh Crooks, a black teen who dreams of playing in the NHL.
Directed by Sandi Rankaduwa
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
BALAKRISHNA (2019)
Sound Editing
Aparna Kapur and Colin MacKenzie use animation to revisit the poignant true story of Balakrishna, a bull elephant shipped from India to Halifax in 1967 as a promotional stunt.
Directed by Colin MacKenzie and Aparna Kapur
Produced by Kat Baulu (The National Film Board of Canada)
CONVICTION (2019)
Sound Editing
What would you have needed in your life to avoid going to prison? Bianca, Treena, Laura and Caitlin, four inmates from Nova Scotia, address that question through different art forms and a filmic collaboration with this documentary’s three directors.
Directed by Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke, Teresa MacInnes
Produced by Teresa MacInnes, Annette Clarke (The National Film Board of Canada)
2019 RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival
2019 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
STEAMPUNK CONNECTION (2018)
Sound Design
Through the creative and philosophical journey of three Steamers, this film offers a fascinating incursion into the heart of an international artistic community, inspired by science fiction and the Industrial Revolution, known as Steampunk.
Directed by Annie Deniel
Produced by Les Films du Ricochet
2019 Fantasia Festival
GUILLAUME (2018)
Sound Editing and Mixing
When Guillaume was born, his life expectancy was four days. He is eight years old now but his small heart won’t hold for a very long time. His autism and his love for music make him a really special person, who has an intense passion for life.
Directed by Carole Laganière
Produced by Spira
STANDING ON THE LINE (2018)
Dialogue Editing
Paul Emile d’Entremont looks into homophobia in sport and explores the difficulties and impacts that occur when you decide to get out of the closet in this environment. Through moving testimonies, he tells two related stories : One in the world of elite athletes and one about young athletes in the Odyssee School in Moncton.
Directed by Paul Emile d’Entremont
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
BECOMING LABRADOR (2018)
Dialogue and FX Editing
In the stark Labrador interior, a growing number of Filipino workers have recently landed in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, travelling halfway around the world for jobs they hope will offer their families a better life. Becoming Labrador follows a handful of those people as they make a place for themselves while dealing with the unexpected costs of living far from their family.
Directed by Justin Simms, Tamara Segura, Rohan Fernando
Produced by Annette Clarke and Rohan Fernando (The National Film Board of Canada)
ZIVA POSTEC, THE EDITOR BEHIND THE FILM SHOAH (2018)
Dialogue and FX Editing
In 2018, Claude Lanzmann, the maker of the monumental Shoah film, died. Although she spent decades in the titan’s shadow, the editor, Ziva Postec dedicated six years of her life to construct the right pace and sequence for 350 hours of footage. She recalls the gargantuan, painful and necessary task for Catherine Hebert’s camera, revealing the film’s profound impact on her personal life.
Directed by Catherine Hébert
Produced by Christine Falco (Camera Oscura)
2018 RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival
2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam
LOVE, SCOTT (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
While walking on the street one night in a small town in Canada, Scott Jones, a gay musician, is attacked and paralyzed from the waist down. What follows is a brave and fragile journey of healing and the transformation of a young man’s life.
Directed by Laura Marie Wayne
Produced by Annette Clarke (The National Film Board of Canada)
2018 Hot Docs Festival
2018 BFI Flare : London LGBTQ Film Festival
FAR FROM BASHAR (2017)
Sound Editing
This documentary tells the story of a Syrian family in Montreal. As the children attempt to shape a daily life for themselves, their parents live in hope of one day returning to build their country
Directed by Pascal Sanchez
Produced by Nathalie Cloutier (The National Film Board of Canada)
ALGO, POLLY & TURCOT (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
In Algo, Polly & Turcot, two resilient peregrine falcons make their home amidst the chaos of urban development and gentrification in Saint-Henri, a Montreal borough in the midst of massive change.
Directed by Alexandre Sheldon
Produced by Les Productions Rapide Blanc and CBC
#6261 (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
The sense of belonging of eleven Montreal residents who share their immigration experience which is enriched by their understanding of elsewhere, others and globalization.
Directed by Kimura Byol – Nathalie Lemoine
Produced by Microclimat Films and The National Film Board of Canada
ESPRIT DE CANTINE (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
Whether we call them casse-croûte, cantines or snack bars, a poutine is the usual order. Nicolas Paquet spent a summer meeting the people who run these rural fast-food joints, recording their everyday lives with loving details.
Directed by Nicolas Paquet
Produced by FranC Doc
LA FERME ET SON ETAT (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
This is a current portrait of the driving forces and the aberrations in Quebec’s agriculture. During eighteen months, the team followed young educated farmers who dream to make a responsible, innovative and ecological farming agriculture, in a system where they have difficulties to exist.
Directed by Marc Séguin
Produced by Atelier Brooklyn
THE GIRLS OF MERU (2017)
Dialogue and FX Editing
In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational team led by Canadian lawyer Fiona Sampson and Tumaini Shelter head Mercy Chidi Baidoo builds the case of 11 girls to pursue an unheard of legal tactic.
Directed by Andrea Dorfman
Produced by Annette Clarke (The National Film Board of Canada)
QUARTIERS SOUS TENSION (2017)
Dialogue Editing
Gentrification means progress for some, turmoil for others. Montrealers who drive gentrification, observe it or suffer from it, speak out.
Directed by Carole Laganière
Produced by InformAction Films, Radio Canada and RDI
2018 Gémeaux award for Best director of a documentary