Joëlle Desjardins Paquette is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from

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, who won the

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award for Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film at the 2022

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for her 2022 film ''

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(Rodéo)''. The film was subsequently nominated for the

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at the

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in 2023. She previously directed a number of short films, as well as television and webseries episodes. Her 2012 short ''

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(Paparmane)'' was named to the

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's annual year-end

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list in 2012.

Filmography

*''Timbré'' – 2007 *''

(Paparmane)'' – 2012 *''Apnées'' – 2012 *''Voir le ciel'' – 2012 *''Sans dehors ni dedans'' – 2015 *''Beyond Blue Waves (Flots gris)'' – 2016 *''Rapkeb Allstarz'' – 2018 *''Une vue sous les étoiles'' – 2020 *''Rosalie dans ta cuisine'' – 2021 *''Parfaitement imparfait'' – 2021 *''

(Rodéo)'' – 2022Pierre-Marc Durivage
"Premier coup d’œil au film Rodéo"
'' La Presse'', October 5, 2022.

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* 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women screenwriters Canadian screenwriters in French Canadian women film directors Film directors from Quebec Screenwriters from Quebec French Quebecers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-film-director-stub