Alexandre Franchi

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Alexandre Franchi is a Canadian film director from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his 2009 film The Wild Hunt , which won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival [2] and was named to the annual Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian films in 2009. [3]

He previously directed the short films Chimère, Fata Morgana, Terminal Venus, Love Junket, and Troll Concerto.

His second feature film, Happy Face , was released in 2018. [4]

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References

  1. "Interview: Alexandre Franchi". Now , April 7, 2010.
  2. "It's a wrap for TIFF; Film 'Precious' nabs audience prize at festival, stoking Oscar predictions". Telegraph-Journal , 21 September 2009.
  3. "Dolan, Nadda films among Canada's best of the year". Waterloo Region Record , December 26, 2009.
  4. Matthew Hays, "Why This Movie Cast People Who Are Facially Different". Vice , October 3, 2018.