Édith Jorisch is a Canadian filmmaker from
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
.
[Odile Tremblay]
"Mémoire de tableau"
''Le Devoir
(, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', April 27, 2013. She is most noted for her films ''The Heir (L'héritier)'', which won a
Prix Gémeaux
The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language eq ...
in 2017 and the Michael Moskovitz Award for a Film from the Joseph Isaac Segal Awards for Jewish Literature in 2018, and ''
Mothers and Monsters'', which was named to the
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...
's annual year-end
Canada's Top Ten
Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema". ''Welland Tribune'', November 23, ...
list in 2023.
[Pat Mullen]
"TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Includes BlackBerry, Solo, Humanist Vampire"
''That Shelf'', December 6, 2023.
She is the daughter of artist and illustrator
Stéphane Jorisch
Stéphane Jorisch is a Canadian artist and illustrator. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration, winning in 1993 for ''Le Monde selon Jean de ...'' and in 1999 for ''Charlotte et l'île du ...
, and an alumna of the
Université du Québec à Montréal
The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system.
UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...
.
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Filmography
*''Les Interdits'' - 2011
*''The Heir (L'héritier)'' - 2016
*''Awe'' - 2019
*''Tibbits Hill'' - 2021
*''Plastisapiens'' - 2022
*'' Mothers and Monsters'' - 2023
References
External links
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Canadian women film directors
Film directors from Quebec
Jewish Canadian screenwriters
Université du Québec à Montréal alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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