Louise Archambault(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Screenwriter and director, Louise Archambault's first feature film Familia won international awards at TIFF and at the Canadian Screen Awards. In addition to directing TV series such as La Galère, Nouvelle Adresse, This Life, Catastrophe and Trop, Louise launched her 2nd film Gabrielle at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Audience Award. The film, selected to represent Canada at the Oscars and at the Golden Globes in 2014, won many international prizes and was sold in more than 24 different countries. Louise was named Personality of the Year by La Presse/Ici Radio-Canada, in the arts and entertainment category. In 2019, Louise released the feature films, Il pleuvait des oiseaux (And the Birds Rained Down), which won awards such as Best Feature at the Göteborg Film Festival and the comedy Merci pour tout (Thanks for everything). These films ranked 2nd and 3rd position in Canada's box office. Her recent feature Le temps d'un été (One Summer) was released in July 2023 and ranked top 1 Canadian film at the box office, the best Canadian BO since 2019. Her latest film, Irena's Vow, a WW2 biopic shot in Poland, premiered at TIFF and won an Audience Award at VIFF and WIFF. It will be released in April 2024.
