Paul Barbeau

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Paul Barbeau
Quebec City Film Festival, September 2012, producer Paul Barbeau.jpg
Paul Barbeau, Quebec City Film Festival 2012
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFilm Director

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian director and film producer who lives in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Producer of more than 700 music videos, 15 feature films, he has also written and directed three feature films.[2]

Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Martha Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, and others) with his production company NúFilms[3] which was founded in 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards,[4] Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award[5][6] nominations, NuFilms was forced to end production largely due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music.[7][8]

In the winter of 2009, under financial strain, Barbeau shuts down the company.[7] The experience inspired him to write and then later direct his first feature film, Après la neige[9] aka Winter Passed (English title), released in 2012[8] which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival[10].

Under his new company Reprise Films, Barbeau has produced five films. Demain and Jo for Jonathan (Jo pour Jonathan)[11] were directed by Maxime Giroux, with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival.[12][13] Roméo Onze was directed by Ivan Grbovic, and World premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2011[14] where it received the Ecumenical Jury Commendation.[15] The film then premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011. In 2012, he completed Sébastien Rose's film Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon coeur bascule), which starred Sophie Lorain, Sébastien Ricard and Alexis Martin and premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013. Barbeau has been nominated for several Jutra Awards in Quebec, including a 2013 nomination for Best Picture for the film Roméo Onze. (Romeo Eleven)[16]

His second film as a writer and director is We Have Forever (À nous l'éternité) starring Antoine Desrochers. The film had its International Premiere in Official Competition at the 67th Edition of the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) in 2018 and won the Best Director award at the Tallahassee Film Festival.[17]

His third film and first in English, , premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2019 and had its international premiere at the Prague International Film Festival in 2020.[18] The film stars Natalie Krill, who won the Stars to Watch prize at Whistler.[19]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Punter, Jennie (2011-09-11). "Barbeau hopes 'Romeo' buzz lifts shingle". Variety.
  2. ^ Hopewell, John (2019-04-23). "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes 'We Had It Coming,' 'The Friendly Man' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. ^ De Repentigny, Alain (2009-12-07). "Fini les clips pour Nú Films". La Presse (in French). Montreal.
  4. ^ "Nominees". MuchMusic. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
  5. ^ Tadros, Patricia (2006-09-14). "Du vidéoclip aux films de fiction : le parcours exaltant du producteur Paul Barbeau" [From music video to feature films: the exciting journey of producer Paul Barbeau]. CTVM (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15.
  6. ^ Laforest, Kevin (2009-12-03). "Ben Steiger Levine: de l'INIS aux Grammys!". Voir (in French).
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Kelly, Brendan (30 Sep 2012). "Après la neige a simple, emotional story". The Gazette. Montreal.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Piette, Anne Marie (24 Sep 2012). "Paul Barbeau, sous le signe de l'audace". pieuvre.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
  9. ^ "Après la neige". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  10. ^ "Canada comes out in force at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival with 20 films, including one in official competition". Telefilm Canada. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  11. ^ "Jo pour Jonathan". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23.
  12. ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (2010-08-29). "Review: 'Jo for Jonathan'". Variety.
  13. ^ Coccia, Luigi (2010-08-06). "I boschi e gli zombie di Locarno 2010" (in Italian). Cinemio.
  14. ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (2011-07-11). "Review: 'Romeo Eleven'". Variety.
  15. ^ "46th Karlovy Vary IFF 2011 - Awards". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 2011-07-09.
  16. ^ "Finalistes de la 15e soirée des Jutra" (in French). 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-07.
  17. ^ Festival, Tallahassee Film (2019-04-10). "2019 TFF Award Winners Announced!". Tallahassee Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  18. ^ "Febiofest Prague 2020 Review: WE HAD IT COMING, Artful Thriller Battles Objectification, Masculinity". ScreenAnarchy. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  19. ^ "WFF Announces Stars to Watch". Whistler Film Festival. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

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