Pascal Plante

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]

Personal life

His brother Dominique Plante is a musician, who has composed the scores to several of Pascal's films.[12]

Filmography
Year Film
2017 Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages)
2020 Nadia, Butterfly
2023 Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)

References
  1. Nick Clement, "Berlin Facetime: Director Pascal Plante of ‘Fake Tattoos’". Variety, February 23, 2018.
  2. François Lévesque, "Pascal Plante, ou les personnages d’abord". Le Devoir, February 10, 2018.
  3. "Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2018.
  4. "Cinq bonnes raisons de regarder le Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, June 2, 2018.
  5. "Meilleur film aux prix Écrans canadiens: les cinq finalistes sont québécois". La Presse, February 7, 2019.
  6. Gregory Strong, "Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film 'Nadia, Butterfly'". CityNews, June 4, 2020.
  7. Renée Dunk, "Film students strut their stuff". Concordia University, May 10, 2011.
  8. Burnett, Richard (2020-09-30). "Concordia grad makes a splash at Cannes Film Festival". Concordia. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  9. "Mar Working with non-professional actors". Main Film. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  10. "Q&A with Nadia, Butterfly Director Pascal Plante". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  11. 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.
  12. Geneviève Bouchard, "Les chambres rouges de Pascal Plante rafle les honneurs à Fantasia". Le Soleil, July 31, 2023.
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