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Léa
Pool
Director
and Screenwriter
Léa
Pool stands
out in the world of Québécois film for her
originality. Critics have noted her distinctive style
and praised her films for their emotional impact and magnificent
beauty. Moreover, her films have won a number of international
awards. In 1979, she wrote, shot and produced Strass
Café, a medium-length film, which won awards
in four festivals. In 1984, she wrote and directed her
first feature film, La femme de l'hôtel (selected
at the Forum, Berlin, 1985), which was greeted enthusiastically
by both critics and the public. The film won seven awards,
including the international press award from the World
Film Festival, the best actress award, for Louise Marleau,
at the Toronto Genie Awards Gala and the Chicago International
Film Festival, and the prix du public (people's choice
award) for fiction at the Festival des films de femmes
de Créteil women's film festival). In 1986, she
shot Anne Trister, which was chosen for participation
in some fifteen international film festivals (including
the official competition of the Berlin Film Festival),
and won numerous awards, among them, the prix du public
at the Festival des films de femmes de Créteil,
the critic's award at the Trola Festival (Portugal), and,
in Toronto, the Genie award for best cinematography.
In
1988, Léa Pool brought A corps perdu,
an adaptation of Yves Navarre's novel Kurwenal,
to the big screen. Featured in 34 international festivals,
the film won Premiére magazine's first prize
at the Festival de la francophonie de Namur (Belgium),
the award of excellence at the Atlantic Film Festival
in Halifax, and was selected for official competition
in the Venice Festival, the World Film festival, and the
Chicago International Film Festival. Her 1991 feature
film La Demoiselle Sauvage, based on the short
story by Corinna Bille, won the prix Super écran
for best Canadian feature film, the award for best artistic
direction (for cinematography) at the World Film Festival,
as well as the award for best direction at the Festival
du cinéma francophone de saint-Martin (Antilles).
Following La Demoiselle Sauvage, Léa Pool
wrote and directed Mouvements du désir in
1992-93, which was a finalist in eight categories at the
Genie Awards, and was screened at the Sundance Film Festival
(Utah, US). She created a vignette entitled Rispondetemi
for Montréal vu par... in 1991. Emporte-Moi
is her sixth feature film, selected for the official competition
at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival - winner
of the Special Prize from the Ecumenical Jury, and winner
of the Silver Gryphon at the 1999 Giffoni Film Festival,
in Italy.
Léa
Pool has also directed several documentaries, including
a number for television. She received the Gold Ploaque
award for Hotel Cronicles at the Chicago International
Film Festival. Gabrielle Roy, which was recently broadcast
on Télé-Québec, was awarded the Best
History and Biography Programs Award at the 19th Rocky
Awards of the Banff Television Festival, 1998. Grabrielle
Roy also received a Gemini Award for Best Documentary,
Montreal 1998.
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