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Pedro Pires (born 1969 in Nantes,
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) is a
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film director. His short film ''
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'' won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the
30th Genie Awards The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009.Hope'' was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the
32nd Genie Awards The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011.
in 2012, and he was a
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nominee for
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at the
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'', which he co-directed with
Robert Lepage Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957) is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director. Early life Lepage was raised in Quebec City. At age five, he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia, which caused complete hair l ...
. His most recent film, the documentary '' Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou)'', received three
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series ...
nominations at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019.Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Pires) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Pires,
Sophie Leblond Sophie Leblond is a Canadian film editor.Sylvain Sarrazin"Monteur: un métier de l’ombre sous les projecteurs" '' La Presse'', July 1, 2020. She is most noted for her work on the films '' Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)'', for which she w ...
and Sylvia de Angelis). He is also a
visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...
technician and art director, whose credits have included several of Lepage's other films and the television series ''
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''."Visual language is key to Pires's short film format; Hope is set 'where dreams mix with reality'". ''
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'', September 15, 2011.


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* Living people 1969 births French people of Portuguese descent Canadian people of Portuguese descent French emigrants to Canada Film directors from Montreal Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Live Action Short Drama Best Editing in a Documentary Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian designers {{Canada-film-director-stub