Yannick Nolin | |
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 Yannick Nolin in 2023 | |
| Born | Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, cinematographer |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Notable work | Laissez les bon temps rouler, Acadiana, Belle River |
| Website | IMDb |
Yannick Nolin is a Canadian film director and cinematographer from Quebec. He is most noted as co-director with Guillaume Fournier and Samuel Matteau of a trilogy of short documentary films about Cajun life and culture in Louisiana. [1]
The first film in the series, Laissez les bon temps rouler, premiered in 2017.
The second film in the series, Acadiana , premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival. [2] At the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, the directors won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film. [3] It was subsequently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2019, [4] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [5]
The third film, Belle River , premiered at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. [6] It was named to Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2022, [7] and was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023. [8]