Chloé Robichaud (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian director best known for her debut film ''

Sarah Prefers to Run ''Sarah Prefers to Run'' (french: Sarah préfère la course) is a 2013 Canadian drama film written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Women in Film & Te ...

''. The film premiered at the

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in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section.

Early life and education

Robichaud was born in Cap-Rouge, Quebec. She graduated from the

Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, a division of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, is a film school located in Montreal, Quebec. Informally known as MHSoC, the school accepts around 250 students a year for programs in animati ...

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in 2010.

Career

Robichaud made her feature film debut with ''

''. It was screened in the

section at the

.(English) SARAH PREFERE LA COURSE (SARAH PREFERS TO RUN)
/ref> Robichaud launched the webseries '' Féminin/Féminin'' in 2014, about a group of six Montrealer lesbians dealing with love and growing up in the city. 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. She is an out

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. In February 2022, she announced her engagement to actress and comedian Katherine Levac.Vanessa Séguin
"Katherine Levac et Chloé Robichaud sont fiancées"
''HollywoodPQ'', February 1, 2022.

Filmography

*''Regardless'' - 2008 *''Au revoir Timothy'' - 2009 *''Moi non plus'' - 2010 *''Nature morte'' - 2010 *'' Herd Leader (Chef de meute)'' - 2012 *''

(Sarah préfère la course)'' - 2013 *'' Féminin/Féminin'' - 2014 *'' Boundaries (Pays)'' - 2016

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Early life and education

Career

Filmography

See also

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