Pascal Plante (born September 3, 1988) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec, [1] whose debut feature film, Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), premiered in 2017. [2]
He won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Screenplay at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017, [3] and the film's lead actress Rose-Marie Perreault received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018, [4] and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. [5]
His second feature film Nadia, Butterfly was announced as an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. [6]
Plante is a former competitive swimmer who tried out, but did not qualify, to represent Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, [6] and subsequently studied film at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. [7] [8]
He has also directed the short films La fleur de l'âge, Je suis un château de sable qui attend la mer, Baby Blues, Drum de marde!, Blue-Eyed Blonde (Best Canadian Short Film, VIFF 2015), Nonna and Blast Beat, and has worked as a sound mixer and editor on other film projects. [9] [10]
His third feature film, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges), premiered at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. [11] It subsequently had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival, where it won several awards including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Score and Best Performance. [12]
His brother Dominique Plante is a musician, who has composed the scores to several of Pascal's films. [12]
Year | Film |
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2017 | Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) |
2020 | Nadia, Butterfly |
2023 | Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) |
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