Sylvain Corbeil is a Canadian

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. He is known for working with producer

Nancy Grant Nancy Grant is a French-Québécois Canadian film producer. She was born in the small village of Petit-Matane, on the Gaspé Peninsula in the north of Quebec, Canada. She has produced multiple projects with several Quebec filmmakers includin ...

and directors

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and

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. Corbeil and Grant lead the

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-based company Metafilm. ''

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'' credited Corbeil with expertise in Quebec's cinema business, and seeing potential in giving Quebec films international exposure. To that end, he took

Mathieu Denis Mathieu Denis is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Quebec. He is best known for his films ''Corbo'', which was a Canadian Screen Award and Quebec Cinema Award nominee for Best Picture in 2016, and ''Those Who Make Revolution Halfway ...

and

Simon Lavoie Simon Lavoie (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.

's film ''Laurentie'' to the

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. He has been nominated for the

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for Giroux's ''

Felix and Meira ''Felix and Meira'' (french: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux, and starring Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron, and Luzer Twersky. It is about an improbable affair between two Montreal residents - one a married ...

'' (2014), Émond's ''

Our Loved Ones ''Our Loved Ones'' (french: Les êtres chers) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Émond and starring Maxim Gaudette and Karelle Tremblay. The story centres on a family whose patriarch committed suicide in 1978, and explores the contin ...

'' (2015), and Dolan's ''

It's Only the End of the World ''It's Only the End of the World'' (french: Juste la fin du monde) is a 2016 drama film written, edited and directed by Xavier Dolan. The film is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Luc Lagarce and stars Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Mario ...

'' (2016). ''It's Only the End of the World'' won Best Motion Picture, and Corbeil accepted awards and read statements by Dolan, who was unable to attend while working on ''

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'' in Paris.

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Sylvain Corbeil
at the

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