Hugo Latulippe (born June 10, 1973) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from
Quebec
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Alphée of the Stars
''Alphée of the Stars'' (french: Alphée des étoiles) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Hugo Latulippe and released in 2012. The film documents a sabbatical year taken by Latulippe and his then-wife Laure Waridel in Switzerland, and i ...
(Alphée des étoiles)''.
''What Remains of Us'' was a
Genie Award
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25th Genie Awards
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and a
Jutra Award
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7th Jutra Awards The 7th Jutra Awards
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nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the
1st Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2004, and was named to the
Toronto International Film Festival
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Upwelling
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(Je me soulève)'', was released in 2022.
In 2023 he was named director-general of the
Quebec City Film Festival
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.
Personal life
He was formerly married to writer and broadcaster
Laure Waridel
Laure Waridel, (born January 10, 1973) is a social activist, a writer, a professor of environment at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a radio and TV commentator."Laure Waridel" ''
The Canadian Encyclopedia
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'', July 25, 2017. ''Alphée of the Stars'' was about their own family sabbatical with their daughter Alphée, who suffered from developmental disabilities caused by
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome
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