Catherine Martin was born in Québec. She writes and directs all her films, fictions as well as documentaries. Her films have been shown at numerous international festivals (Berlin, Toronto, Oberhausen, Nyon, Buenos Aires, Karlovy Vary, etc.) and won awards in Canada and abroad. Since 2017, she has done her own camerawork, sound recording and picture editing, acting as a producer and director of her documentary essays.
Filmography
Feature films
• UNE JEUNE FILLE (A JOURNEY), 85 min, 2013
• TROIS TEMPS APRÈS LA MORT D’ANNA (MOURNING FOR ANNA), 87 min, 2010
• DANS LES VILLES (IN THE CITIES), 87 min, 2006
• MARIAGES (MARRIAGES), 95 min, 2001
Documentaries and documentary essays
• ÉLOGE DE L’OMBRE (IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS), 86 minutes, 2023
• CERTAINS DE MES AMIS (SOME OF MY FRIENDS), 115 min, 2017
• L’ESPRIT DES LIEUX (THE SPIRIT OF PLACES), 84 min, 2006
• OCÉAN (OCEAN), 50 min, 2002
• LES DAMES DU 9E (THE LADIES OF THE 9TH FOOR), 50 min, 1998
Short and medium length fictions or film essays
• LES FINS DE SEMAINE (WEEKENDS), 30 min, 1995
• L’OMBRE (THE SHADOWS), 15 min, 1992
• NUITS D’AFRIQUE , 48 min,1990
• ODILE OU RÉMINISCENCES D’UN VOYAGE, 23 min, 1985
• DE TEMPS ET D’EAU, 2 min., 2011
• QUAND J’AURAI VU LES ÎLES, 14 min, 2010
• ALICE, 30 sec, 2007