Nicolas Lachapelle

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Nicolas Lachapelle is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his 2022 short documentary film Zug Island , which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023, [2] and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [3]

His prior films have included Lights Above Water (Lumières sur l'eau) and What Remains When We're Gone (Le Monde après nous). [4] In 2023 he released Retour à Normétal, a sound documentary about the Quebec mining town of Normétal. [1] In 2024, he published La Chasse Interdite, a book and sound documentary following a hunting expedition in the Innu community of Pakua Shipi on the Basse-Côte-Nord. [5] The project takes the form of an art book, a photo report and a sound documentary. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Fanny Bourel, "Retour à Normétal, du « cinéma pour les oreilles » sur le déracinement". Ici Radio-Canada, November 29, 2023.
  2. "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
  3. "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
  4. "Cinédit : « Le monde après nous » de Nicolas Lachapelle à l’affiche le 7 novembre 2022". CTVM, November 3, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Hébert-Dolbec, Anne-Frédérique (2024-12-07). "«La chasse interdite»: un allochtone invité à la chasse". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-23.