Renée Blanchar (born May 19, 1964) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter. She is most noted as a two-time winner of the award for Best Atlantic Documentary at the Atlantic International Film Festival, winning in 2018 for ''Shadow Men (Nos hommes dans l'ouest)'' and in 2021 for ''The Silence (Le Silence)''. A native of

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, she is an alumna of the

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and the

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film school in

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. While at La Fémis, she was selected as a member of the feature film jury at the

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, after

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and jury president

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sought out a film student to serve on the jury as a youth voice. In addition to its win at AIFF, ''The Silence'' won the award for Best Acadian Feature at the 2020 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, and was shortlisted for the

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at the 2021

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awards.

Filmography

Film

* 1986 — ''7:21'' * 1990 — ''La vie sur Mars'' * 1991 — ''Les Pinces d'or'' * 1994 — ''Une Journée particulière'' * 1996 — ''Profession ménagère'' * 1998 — ''The Shed Next Door'' * 1999 — ''Le Temps X'' * 2002 — ''Raoul Léger: The Elusive Truth (Raoul Léger: La vérité morcelée)'' * 2003 — ''1604'' * 2007 — ''On a tué l'Enfant-Jésus'' * 2014 — ''A Place That Matters (Les héritiers du club)'' * 2017 — ''Shadow Men (Nos hommes dans l'ouest)'' * 2020 — ''The Silence (Le Silence)'' * 2022 — ''A Love Letter to Léopold L. Foulem (Lettre d’amour à Léopold L. Foulem)''"Renée Blanchar célèbre le céramiste Léopold Foulem dans un documentaire"

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Nouveau-Brunswick, July 12, 2022.

Television

* 1996 — ''Aphrodisia'' * 1997 — ''Turning Points of History'' * 1997 — ''Warrior Songs: King Gesar'' * 1997 — ''O Canada'' * 1998 — ''La Pointe de l'iceberg'' * 2001 — ''Fantasy 1'' * 2002-2003 — ''Artiste dans l'âme'' * 2006 — ''Trésors vivants'' * 2007 — ''Le Souvenir nécessaire'' * 2007 — ''A Hospital Crucified'' * 2008-2012 — ''Belle-Baie'' * 2017 — ''Les Monologues de la Sagouine''

References

External links

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