Manon Briand (born January 1, 1964, in

Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau (; 2021 city population 20,687; CA population 26,643) is a city located approximately north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River nea ...

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)Manon Briand
at

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's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. is a

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film director and screenwriter. After graduating in film studies from

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, Briand went to

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to study screenwriting in 1987. Returning home, she co-founded an independent filmmakers’ group, Les Films de l’Autre, and soon began directing. Her films include ''

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(Les Sauf-conduits)'', a segment in ''

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'', ''

2 Seconds ''2 Seconds'' (french: 2 secondes) is a 1998 Canadian drama film. This film premiered in 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival.Briand, M. (2016). 2 Seconds. Retrieved December 01, 2016, from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2_seconds/ Written and dir ...

'', ''

Chaos and Desire ''Chaos and Desire'' (french: La Turbulence des fluides) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2002. Written and directed by Manon Briand, the film stars Pascale Bussières as Alice Bradley, a seismologist returning to her hometown of Baie-Comeau ...

'', ''

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'' and the television film ''Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story''."Manon Briand’s Liverpool: The bigger the actors, the bigger the port you need to hold them"
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'', September 11, 2012.

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* 1964 births Canadian women film directors Canadian women screenwriters Film directors from Quebec People from Baie-Comeau Concordia University alumni French Quebecers Living people Canadian screenwriters in French Canadian Film Centre alumni {{Canada-film-director-stub