Catherine Hébert

Catherine Hébert is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec.[1]

After graduating with degrees in communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal and journalism from the Université Laval, Hébert travelled to Africa, where she began her documentary filmmaking career.[2]

She first became widely known for The Other Side of the Country (De l'autre côté du pays),[3] which premiered at the 2007 Montreal International Documentary Festival.[4] It was the winner of the Prix du Public at RIDM,.[5] and received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009.[6]

In 2011, her film Notes on a Road Less Taken (Carnets d'un grand détour) won the Grand Prize for Canadian documentaries at RIDM.[7]

Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec: La monteuse derrière le film Shoah) premiered at RIDM in 2018,[8] and received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Documentary film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020.[9]

Hébert and Elric Robichon co-directed the forthcoming documentary film We Will Not Be Silenced (Que le silence ne l'emporte pas), a profile of writers in exile who use their art as a tool of activism and resistance.[10]

Filmography

  • Tea at the Embassy (Thé à l’ambassade) - 2003
  • Des mangues pour Charlotte - 2004
  • Voici l'homme - 2005
  • Le visage que j’avais - 2006
  • The Other Side of the Country (De l'autre côté du pays) - 2007
  • La longue route de Julienne - 2008
  • Notes on a Road Less Taken (Carnets d'un grand détour) - 2011
  • Yesterday in Nyassan (Hier à Nyassan) - 2016
  • Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec: La monteuse derrière le film Shoah) - 2018
  • We Will Not Be Silenced (Que le silence ne l'emporte pas) - TBA

References

  1. ^ "RIDM : Catherine Hébert met en lumière le travail et le parcours de Ziva Postec". Qui Fait Quoi, November 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Marie-Hélène Mello, "Entretien avec Catherine Hébert, réalisatrice de De l’autre côté du pays". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2008. pp. 24-29.
  3. ^ Alain de Repentigny, "Catherine Hébert : la rencontre de l'autre". La Presse, January 20, 2008.
  4. ^ Michel Defoy, "RIDM : Encore des docs". Voir, November 15, 2007.
  5. ^ Bernard Pérusse, "Look at today's Israel wins grand prize; Description of a Memory; Festival's documentaries draw 17,000". Montreal Gazette, November 18, 2007.
  6. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009.
  7. ^ Barry Walsh, "RIDM award winners announced". Playback, November 21, 2011.
  8. ^ André Duchesne, "Ziva Postec et Shoah: entre destin et création". La Presse, November 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Pat Mullen, "Two Docs Among Canadian First Look Spotlight at Locarno". Point of View, July 16, 2025.
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