DIRECTION
YAN LANOUETTE TURGEONDIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER
In 2003, Yan Lanouette Turgeon completed the Cinema program at INIS, focusing on Directing. During this period, he made four short films, including Pedigree, for which he received the Claude Jutra Foundation scholarship. In addition, he is a graduate of Clarkson University in Upstate New York, with a degree in Communication and Psychology.
His short films Papillons noirs and Le revenant were presented at several international festivals. In 2006, he headed to Japan and Italy for the filming of Silk as Assistant to François Girard. Since then, he has directed numerous commercials for 6ix Degrés - La Cavalerie. He is also known for directing the first season of the web-series 11 règles, which won the web-fiction Jury Prize at the La Rochelle WebTV-Festival. In 2012, he directed his first feature film, Rock Paper Scissors, co-authored with writer André Gulluni. This isn’t the creative duo’s first collaboration, with a past joint history that is often unusual, yet always intelligent and innovative. This film stars Roy Dupuis and Samuel (Samian) Tremblay. The rest of the cast includes Roger Léger, Fanny Mallette, Louis Champagne, Réjean Lefrancois, Marie-Hélène Thibault, Remo Girone and Frédéric Chau.
A graduate of the Film and Interactive Media program at l’Institut national de l’Image et du Son / the National Institute of Image and Sound (INIS), André has worked for several years in television, film and the web. On the small screen, he has been involved in many series: On ne ment que deux fois (SRC), Invité de Marque (TV5), Ça s’branche où (Ztélé), Qu’est-ce qui mijote (TVA), What’s Cooking? (CityTV), etc... In web, he has extensive experience with interactive media, having worked on the TV / web project D’Est en Ouest and the youth-oriented project Kwad9 (both nominated for Gemini Awards) as well as having written two seasons of the web-series, 11 Règles / 11 Rules. André is currently in the advanced stages of writing a pair of feature film projects (Origami and Bleed). Rock Paper Scissors, starring Roy Dupuis, is his first financed feature film.
Born in Montreal, Christine Falco is a producer of feature films and documentaries. After completing her studies in cinema and advertising at the University of Montreal, she founded, in 2000, FILMS CAMERA OSCURA where she notably produced Marc Bisaillon’s feature films, La Vérité (Guilt, 2011) and La Lâcheté (Cowardice, 2007), which were shown at the Mannheim, Namur and Vancouver film festivals. She has also produced several award-winning short films, such as Cher Dieu (Caroline Mailloux, 2011), The Greens (Serge Marcotte, 2010), Les Grands (Chloé Leriche, 2007) and Sur La Ligne (Frédéric Desager, 2006). In 2008, she produced Jean-Nicolas Orhon’s documentary Tant qu’il reste une voix, shot in Quebec, France and the United States, and recipient of the Mnémo award. Also, since 2009, Christine has been teaching at INIS and is Head of the film producer profile.
