Pascal Plante (born September 3, 1988) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec,Nick Clement, "Berlin Facetime: Director Pascal Plante of ‘Fake Tattoos’". Variety, February 23, 2018. whose debut feature film, Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), premiered in 2017.François Lévesque, "Pascal Plante, ou les personnages d’abord". Le Devoir, February 10, 2018. His second film, Nadia, Butterfly, premiered in 2020 in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. His third feature film, Red Rooms, garnered widespread critical acclaim.
Career Plante's first IMDb film credit was as a sound recordist in 2006. He continued to work in the sound department until the early 2010s, when he transitioned into directing and writing. He wrote and directed several short films before completing his first feature film, titled Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), in 2017. Plante won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Screenplay at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017,"Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2018. and the film's lead actress Rose-Marie Perreault received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018,"Cinq bonnes raisons de regarder le Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, June 2, 2018. and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019."Meilleur film aux prix Écrans canadiens: les cinq finalistes sont québécois". La Presse, February 7, 2019.
His second feature film Nadia, Butterfly was an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, before the festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plante is a former competitive swimmer who tried out, but did not qualify, to represent Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and subsequently studied film at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.Renée Dunk, "Film students strut their stuff". Concordia University, May 10, 2011.
He has also directed the short films La fleur de l'âge, Je suis un château de sable qui attend la mer, Baby Blues, Drum de marde!, Blue-Eyed Blonde (Best Canadian Short Film, VIFF 2015), Nonna and Blast Beat, and has worked as a sound mixer and editor on other film projects.
His third feature film, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges), premiered at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.Tim Dams, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/red-rooms-first-trailer-for-pascal-plantes-karlovy-vary-competition-thriller-exclusive/5182666.article "‘Red Rooms’: first trailer for Pascal Plante’s Karlovy Vary competition thriller". Screen Daily, May 30, 2022. It subsequently had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival, where it won several awards including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Score and Best Performance.Geneviève Bouchard, "Les chambres rouges de Pascal Plante rafle les honneurs à Fantasia". Le Soleil, July 31, 2023. The film received widespread critical acclaim upon release.
In 2024 he served as the programmer of the Festival Vues dans la tête de...."« Vues dans la tête » de Pascal Plante au Festival du film de Rivière-du-Loup". Ici Radio-Canada, January 19, 2024. his next film King's Daughters is set around 17th century Canada.
Personal life His brother Dominique Plante is a musician who has composed the scores to several of Pascal's films.
Filmography Year Film 2017 Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) 2020 Nadia, Butterfly 2023 Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)
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