Sébastien Girard is a

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screenwriter from

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. He is most noted for the 2024 film ''

Blue Sky Jo ''Blue Sky Jo'' (, lit. "The Little Girl and the Old Man") is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Patrice Sauvé and released in 2024. Adapted from Marie-Renée Lavoie's 2010 novel ''La petite et le vieux'', the film stars Juliette Bharucha ...

(La petite et le vieux)'', for which he received a

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nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Écrans canadiens 2025: les nominations"
''Films du Québec'', March 27, 2025. He previously wrote and directed the short film ''Now That We Know...''.

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