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]

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