Chloé Leriche is a

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film director from

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."Chloé Leriche à la Berlinale avec un film en langue attikamekw"
'' Voir'', January 13, 2016. Her debut feature film, '' Before the Streets (Avant les rues)'', received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the

5th Canadian Screen Awards The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017. Awards in many of the technical catego ...

in 2017, including Best Picture and a nod for Leriche as Best Director. Leriche, a largely self-taught filmmaker, made a number of short films and worked as an educator with film and video training programs for homeless youth and First Nations, before writing and directing ''Before the Streets''. Her most noted short film, ''

The Schoolyard ''The Schoolyard'' (french: Les Grands) is a Canadian short film, directed by Chloé Leriche and released in 2007. The film stars Robert Naylor, Jean-Carl Boucher and Antoine Marcotte as Tommy, Manu and Fabrice, three young boys who decide to co ...

(Les Grands)'', was named to the

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's annual Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007."Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list". '' Daily Gleaner'', December 12, 2007. ''Before the Streets'' won the Borsos Competition award for best picture, and Leriche won the award for best director, at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival. At the 2016 Directors Guild of Canada awards, Leriche won the DGC Discovery Award. Her second feature film, ''

Atikamekw Suns ''Atikamekw Suns'' (french: Soleils Atikamekw) is a 2023 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and directed by Chloé Leriche. The film centres on the true story of five youths from the Atikamekw First Nation community of Manawan who were fou ...

(Soleils Atikamekw)'', premiered at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma, and was shortlisted for the 2023 DGC Discovery Award.Taimur Sikander Mirza
"Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards"
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'', September 20, 2023.

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