Antoine Bourges is a French-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter.Marsha Lederman, "Fail to Appear, screening at VIFF, showcases a new wave of Toronto talent". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2017. He is most noted for his 2012 mid-length docudrama film East Hastings Pharmacy, which was the winner of the Colin Low Award at the 2013 DOXA Documentary Film Festival,Kevin Ritchie, "Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA". Playback, May 17, 2013. and his 2017 narrative feature film Fail to Appear, which was a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017
Early life Bourges was originally from Paris, he moved to Canada as a teenager to play ice hockey; after failing to make the National Hockey League, he studied film at the University of British Columbia and York University. He remains based in Vancouver as a professor in the film program at UBC.Craig Takeuchi, "Vancouver Jewish, women, social justice, and more film festivals fill up March". The Georgia Straight, March 2, 2021. He made a number of short films prior to East Hastings Pharmacy; the most noted of these, Woman Waiting, premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival,Peter Howell, "Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen confirmed for TIFF". Toronto Star, August 24, 2010. and was screened at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival."Berlin fest offers Fiennes film, Panahi tribute". CBC News, February 1, 2011.
His newest film, Concrete Valley, premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.Anthony D'Alessandro, "Toronto Unveils Discovery & Wavelengths Sections; Midnight Madness Opening Includes Roku’s ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’". Deadline Hollywood, August 4, 2022. It is also slated to screen at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival on 21 February 2023.Scott Roxborough, "Berlin Fest Adds World Premieres of John Malkovich’s ‘Seneca,’ Alex Gibney’s Boris Becker Doc". The Hollywood Reporter, December 20, 2022.
Filmography Hello Goodbye - 2008 People Were There - 2008 Woman Waiting - 2010 East Hastings Pharmacy - 2012 William in White Shirt - 2015 Fail to Appear - 2017 Concrete Valley - 2022
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