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]
In 2024 he served as the programmer of the Festival Vues dans la tête de....[13]
^Nick Clement, "Berlin Facetime: Director Pascal Plante of ‘Fake Tattoos’". Variety, February 23, 2018.
^François Lévesque, "Pascal Plante, ou les personnages d’abord". Le Devoir, February 10, 2018.
^"Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2018.
^"Cinq bonnes raisons de regarder le Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, June 2, 2018.
^"Meilleur film aux prix Écrans canadiens: les cinq finalistes sont québécois". La Presse, February 7, 2019.
^ abGregory Strong, "Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film 'Nadia, Butterfly'". CityNews, June 4, 2020.
^Renée Dunk, "Film students strut their stuff". Concordia University, May 10, 2011.
^Burnett, Richard (2020-09-30). "Concordia grad makes a splash at Cannes Film Festival". Concordia. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
^"Mar Working with non-professional actors". Main Film. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
^"Q&A with Nadia, Butterfly Director Pascal Plante". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
^Tim Dams, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/red-rooms-first-trailer-for-pascal-plantes-karlovy-vary-competition-thriller-exclusive/5182666.article "‘Red Rooms’: first trailer for Pascal Plante’s Karlovy Vary competition thriller". Screen Daily, May 30, 2022.
^Geneviève Bouchard, "Les chambres rouges de Pascal Plante rafle les honneurs à Fantasia". Le Soleil, July 31, 2023.
^"« Vues dans la tête » de Pascal Plante au Festival du film de Rivière-du-Loup". Ici Radio-Canada, January 19, 2024.
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