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Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979) is a Canadian actress, film director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their “organic, participatory feel[1]”. Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematographer Philippe Lavalette, and the granddaughter of artist Marcel Barbeau. She is best known to international audiences for her award-winning 2012 film Inch'Allah.
Early Life
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette was born on February 8, 1979, in Montreal, the daughter of Manon Barbeau, a filmmaker and director, and Philip Lavalette, a cinematographer. Anais Barbeau-Lavalette is an only child. She is the granddaughter of the Canadian artist Marcel Barbeau, who studied under Paul-Émile Borduas and is known for being one of the first non-figurative painters in Canada.[2] Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a Québec native. As a young adult, Barbeau-Lavalette lived and studied in the heavily disputed West Bank area.[3]
Education
In 2000 after finishing her first full length documentary, Les Petits princes des bidonvilles (2000), Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette enrolled at Université de Montréal, where she majored in International Studies. She than went on to study film production at INIS. Following her time at INIS, Barbeau-Lavalette travelled to Ramallah, Palestine to attend Birzeit University.[4]
Film Career
Documentaries
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette started her film career as a documentary director. Following a year spent in Honduras[5], Barbeau-Lavalette directed Les Petits princes des bidonvilles (2000), which followed young Hondurans growing up in Montreal[6]. and Si j'avais un chapeau (2005).
Features
Short Films
- ^ Jimmy, Johnson. "Palestinians denied a voice in Canadian film set in West Bank". https://electronicintifada.net. The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Marcel Barbeau". canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Toronto: 'Inch'Allah' Director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette On Her Politically Charged Drama". Indie Wire. Indie Wire. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "ANAÏS BARBEAU-LAVALETTE". http://www.informactionfilms.com. InformAction. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "ANAÏS BARBEAU-LAVALETTE". www.informactionfilms.com. InformAction.
- ^ Nick, Dawson. "Five Questions with Inch'Allah Director Anais Barbeau-Lavalette". http://filmmakermagazine.com. FilmMaker. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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