Guest artists and professionals
Guests 2025
During the 6th edition of the festival, we welcomed 68 guests: screenwriters, filmmakers, actors, musicians, industry professionals, and jury members.
- Catherine Léger (screenwriter)
- Fabrice Yvanof Senat (actor)
- Isabelle Hébert (screenwriter)
- Karine Vanasse (actress)
- Katherine Giguère (producer and director)
- Léa Pool (director)
- Lyne Lapointe (visual artist)
- Marie-Évelyne Lessard (actress)
- Marie-Josée Raymond (screenwriter)
- Maryse Legagneur (director)
- Matthew Rankin (director)
- Maxime Le Flaguais (actor)
- Donald Pilon (actor)
- Nancy Marcotte (director)
- Roy Dupuis (actor)
- Sébastien Ricard (actor)
- Steve Patry (director)
- Sylvie Van Brabant (producer and director)
- Stéphanie Lapointe (screenwriter)
- Antoine Corriveau (screenwriter and musician)
- Francis Leclerc (director)
- Pascale Bussières (director)
- German Gutierrez (director)
- Carmen Garcia (director)
- Alex Isabelle (director)
- Benjamin Tabah (director)
- Halle Brindley (director)
- Marie-Ève St-Louis (director)
- Marie-Lou Béland (director)
- Rachel Samson (director)
- Ben McAuley (director)
- Martin Morisette (director)
- Laurence Ménard (actress)
- Murray Lightburn
- Stéphane Cocke
- Chris Poolman
- Dan Ellison
- Chris Clarke
- Richard Clarke
- Jason Campbell
- Jonathan Cohen
- Mark Gibson
- Josey Feland
- Jeremy Weigens
- John Cameron
- Will Allen
- Nicholas Pynes
- Charles Binamé (director)
- Élise Labbé (Head of Festivals and Audience Development)
- Guillaume Sapin (Director – Festival Vues du Québec à Florac)
- Raymond St-Jean (director)
- Rebecca Jean (singer-musician)
- Anick Salas (director – President, Réalisatrices Équitables)
- Denys Desjardins (director)
- Gregory Brophy (professor, Bishop’s University)
- Isabelle Phaneuf (producer)
- Zoé Constantinides (professor, Champlain College
- Étienne Galloy
- Rachel Graton
- Rémi Fréchette
- Christine J. Doyon
- Steve MacQueen
- Damien Detcheberry (Métropole Films)
- David Santerre (Métropole Films)
- Nicolas Goyette (distributor)
- Daniel Racine (Festival Vues du Québec, Florac)
- Guillaume Sapin (Festival Vues du Québec, Florac)
- Pierre-Philippe Côté (BEAM)
- Guillaume Houle (Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie)
- Jean-François Hamel (Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie)
- Christian Beauchesne (École des arts numériques – Sherbrooke)
- Yvan Pinard (Studio 13)
- Léa Kieken (TAT Production – Toulouse)
- Ariane Bélanger (FNC)
- Ariane Roy-Poirier (Plein(s) Écran(s))
- Arnaud Beaudoux (Vues dans la tête)
- Arnaud Flavier (Festival du Cinéma Francophone de Calgary)
- Gaëlle Duverger (Festival Courts d’un soir)
- Henri Dupuis (Festival Cinémental)
- Jade Jeanne (Festival Cinémania)
- Jarrett Mann (Festival SPAMS)
- Laura Rohard (RVQC)
- Léo Denis Carpentier (Festival de films pour l’environnement)
- Lorraine Fortin (RVCQFV)
- Marcelle Lean (Cinéfranco)
- Marie-Michèle Plante (Festival REGARD)
- Mélanie Clériot (FICFA)
- Natacha Dufaux (Vues dans la tête)
- Sabikou Moumouni (Vues d’Afrique)
- Sian Mac Goris (Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec)
- Sophie Therrien (Téléfilm Canada)
- Tania Morissette (Festival Fantasia)
- Vuk Stojanovic (Festival du Film de Val-Morin)
- Marie-Élaine Rioux (host – Director, Bureau du cinéma de Chicoutimi)
- Ian H. Gailer (host – Artistic Director and Cultural Organization Manager)
- Valentin Verrier (host – Alliance Médias Jeunesse, Director of Events, Communications and Development)
2024
Directors, artisans and actors
David Öllerer, actor (Rickerl)
Lyne Charlebois, director, (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles)
Mylène Mackay, actress (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles)
Ariane Louis-Seize, director (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
Marie Reid , actress (Sucré Seize)
Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, director (L’océan vu du cœur)
François Péloquin, director, (La fonte des glaces and short film jury member)
Sarah Lévesque, screenwriter (La fonte des glaces)
Guillaume Cyr (Lucie Grizzly Sophie)
Marcel Sabourin, actor (Au boute du rien pantoute)
Jérôme Sabourin , director, (Au boute du rien pantoute)
Henry Bernadet, director and screenwriter (Les rayons gamma)
Isabelle Brouillette, co-writer (Les rayons gamma and jury member – short film)
Thomas Corriveau, director, teacher and visual artist (Animated film and dance event)
Alexandre Lefebvre, director (finalist – short film competition)
Yann Reynolds, director (finalist – short film competition)
Chadi Bennani, director (finalist – short film competition)
Edith Jorisch, director (finalist – short film competition)
Raquel Sancinetti, director (finalist, short film competition)
Halima Ouardiri, director (finalist, short film competition)
Jean-François Casabonne, actor (short film competition)
Janice Nadeau, director (short film animation session)
Musicians and visual artists – special events
Voodoo Jurgens (opening night)
Matthias Frey, musician (opening night)
Érik West, musician (5 to 9 under the big top)
Olaf Gundel, musician (5 to 9 under the big top)
Nicholas Pynes, pianist and lecturer (ciné-concert – silent films at the United Church)
Louis Vincent Hamel, musician (ciné-concert – silent films at the United Church)
Davis Kovacs, musician (ciné-concert – silent films at the United Church)
Fabienne Lucet, pianist and composer (ciné-concert – silent films at the United Church)
Shelley Lenox, singer (5 à 9 under the big top)
James Gelfand, musician (5 to 9 under the big top)
Marc Gold, musician (5 to 9 under the big top)
Nils Fluck, Dj (closing party)
Julien Bergeron, Dj (BBQ and projection at Caron et Frères)
Marie-Josée Gravel, sculptor (trophy)
Sabina Gibson, artist – sculptor (wool felting and stop-motion animation workshop)
Isabelle Arsenault, visual artist – illustrator (Atelier de laine feutrée et de cinéma d’animation en stop motion)
Eduardo Ruiz-Vergara, dancer (Animated film and dance event)
Ulric Collette, visual artist (poster and exhibition)
Jury members
Feature film – fiction
Claudia Puig, Program Director, Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Chair)
Kevin T. Landry, director
Pier-Philippe Chevigny, director
Charles Parisé, Programmer
Barbara Shrier, Producer
Feature film – documentary
Pierre-Philippe Côté, General Manager BEAM (President)
Éric Michel, Producer
Carrie Haber, Producer
Yves Langlois, Director
Katerine Giguère, director
Short film
Ariane Roy-Poirier, General Manager, Festival Plein écran (President – Short Film Competition Jury)
Joe Cultrera, founder Salem Film Festival (jury member – short film)
Thomas Corriveau, director (jury member – short film)
Isabelle Brouillette, actress, screenwriter and producer (jury member – short film)
Sarah Lévesque, screenwriter (jury member – short film)
Professionals – cinema
Stéphanie Demers, distributor, H264
Samuel Pagé, distributor, Maison 4/tiers
Nicholas Uribe, distributor, Cinéma Politica
Olivier Picard, producer, Parce Que Films
Daniel Racine, programmer and journalist
2023
Marie-Julie Dallaire (Comme une vague)
Micheline Lanctôt, Guy Édoin et Pascale Bussières (Frontières)
Maxime Le Flaguais (Rodéo et Ouroboros)
Sarah Lévesque (Rodéo)
Maxime de Cotret et Stéphane Larue (Le Plongeur)
Sarah-Maude Beauchesnes (Cœur de Slush)
Benoit Brière (Coco Ferme et Mourir en vie)
Raoul Duguay et Yves Langlois (Une année avec mon ami Raoul)
Denys Desjardins et Anik Salas (J’ai placé ma mère)
Marie Vien (Le temps d’un été)
Raymond Saint-Jean et Benoit Gouin (Crépuscule pour un tueur)
Jorge Martinez Colorado et Katherine Jerkovic (Le Coyote)
Karelle Tremblay et Éric Tessier (Tu te souviendras de moi)
Éric Michel (La Poursuite du Bonheur)
Émilie B. Guérette et Peggy Nkunga Ndona (L’audience)
Guylaine Maroist (Je vous salue salope)
Jean-Luc Dupuis et Suzie Gagnon (Les Oies de Riopelle)
Eleanor McGrath (Forgetten)
Brian D. Johnson (The Colour of Ink)
Christine Doyon (La sœur de Margot)
Colin Nixon (In the Jam Jar)
2022
Tracey Deer (Beans)
Laura Rietveld(La famille de la forêt)
Hélène Bélanger-Martin et André
Desjardins (Libre)
Anik Salas (Réalisatrices équitables, conférencière)
Nicole Giguère (Prisons sans barreaux)
Guylaine Maroist, (Jukebox)
Pierre Even (C.R.A.Z.Y.), Monia
Chokri (Babysitter)
Christine Beaulieu (Les Tricheurs) et
Louis Godbout (Coda et Les Tricheurs)
2019
Pierre Even, producteur
Catherine Léger, dramaturge et scénariste
Anne Élisabeth Bossé (La Femme de mon frère)
Brigitte Poupart, cinéaste
Albert Neremberg, cinéaste