SPIRA COLLECTION

Since 1975, Nicole Giguère has worked as a director, screenwriter, and editor. Her work includes auteur documentaries, docudramas, and television series, as well as music videos and musical films. Her primary interests lie in social issues, as well as the cultural and musical spheres. Her film Aller simple pour Sirius won her the Gémeaux Award for Best Artistic Documentary in 1997.

Prisons sans barreaux, 73 min, Documentary, 2019
Renée Martel, une femme libre, 45 min, Documentary, 2014
Anne-Marie Ngô par Nicole Giguère, 3 min, Documentary, 2013
On me prend pour une chinoise, 52 min, Documentary, 2011
S.O.S., 3 × 45 min, Documentary, 2008
Toxique, 4 × 46 min, Documentary, 2006
Musicographies – Portraits d’artistes, 6 × 45 min, Documentary, 2005
Entretien avec Anne Claire Poirier, 72 min, Documentary, 2003
Alice au pays des gros nez, 53 min, Documentary, 2003
Québec en ondes, 52 min, Documentary, 2001
Barbie, la Vénus de vinyle, 52 min, Documentary, 1999
Aller simple pour Sirius, 75 min, Documentary, 1998
Dépasser l’âge, 52 min, Documentary, 1998
Arrêtons d’en demander, 30 min, Documentary, 1995
L’humeur à l’humour, 49 min, Documentary, 1989
Les femmes me touchent, 5 min, Documentary, 1989
Histoire infâme, 9 min, Fiction, 1988
Je voudrais voir la mer, 5 min, Videoclip, 1986
On fait toutes du showbusiness, 52 min, Documentary, 1984
Vidéo Femmes par Vidéo Femmes, 43 min, Documentary, 1984
Poing final, 45 min, Docufiction, 1983
Tous les jours, tous les jours, tous les jours, 58 min, Documentary, 1982
C’est pas le pays des merveilles, 58 min, Docufiction, 1981
Philosophie de boudoir, 31 min, Documentary, 1975

Graduated from the Master International Relations from Laval University (Quebec) and in documentary filmmaking at INIS, Nicolas-Alexandre initially made his first film as a technician, then as an independent director. Strongly committed, he is interested in issues related to international development and human rights.

Ma boîte noire, 12 min, Documentary, 2012

Born in France, Régis Coussot completed university degree in communication and journalism. Globe-trotter, he traveled nearly 55 countries before settling in Canada in 2005. Soon, he published articles and photographs for newspapers in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal before making his first documentaries, especially for Productions The route. In 2012, he completed the INIS documentary program in order to perfect his directorial craft. Through his achievements, Régis Coussot seeks to reveal the subjects we usually ignore.

After studying film at Laval University, his documentary cinematic experience begins in 2002 with the movie To die offshore, reflecting the concerns of Gaspé fishermen, and Cursed machine!, a human portrait about the universe of compulsive gamblers on video poker lottery. In 2004, his film Make money, hi hello! on berylliosis affected workers of the Noranda mine earned him the Murdochville Audience Award and the price at Enviro Portneuf Film Festival on the environment. He followed then with Leandre Bergeron, with conviction hopeless (2008), a meeting with a nonconformist man unwavering in its commitment to freedom and his struggle for the defense of his social vision, political and family.

His most recent documentary, The angel of Grondines (2012) received the Audience Award at the Festival films Portneuf Environmental 2013. This sensitive film presents the eternal childhood of Joseph Stephen, 73, still living in the moment and the discovery of imaginary territories. His next documentary Nallua (2015) focuses on the community of Pond Inlet in Nunavut.

Waiting for Casimir, 68 min, Documentary/Experimental, 2024
Nallua, 76 min, Documentary, 2015
The angel of Grondines, 62 min, Documentary, 2012
Leandre Bergeron, with conviction hopeless, 52 min, Documentary, 2008
Make Money, hi hello!, 52 min, Documentary, 2004

English biography to come.

Marie Brodeur studied in visual arts, dance and theater. She obtains a Very High Distinction Diploma in visual arts from
the prestigious Collège Jean de Brébeuf in Montréal after which, she then studies with a number of renowned visual and theatrical artists such as Irene Whittome, Gilles Maheu, Linda
Rabbin, Martine Époque, Jean Asselin, Merce Cunningham and Jean-Pierre Perreault. Following a brilliant 10 year dance career in modern ballet in Canada, the United States and Europe, Marie Brodeur takes on a new career in 1985 as a documentary filmmaker, specializing mostly in art and dance. Twice, she is honored with UNESCO prizes, recognizing her films for their exceptional contribution to the conservation of our world cultural heritage In March 2016, she received the Award for Best Canadian Film at the International Festival of
Films on Art (FIFA) to A Man of Dance, feature length documentary on the life and times of Vincent Warren, also chosen to be the festival’s closing film. Many of her films are now part of the permanent collections of esteemed in stitutions such as the Lincoln Centre Performing Arts Library in New York, the Cinémathèque de Paris and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. Other than directing, Marie also takes part in several consulting committees for the NFB, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), the Pépinières européennes in Paris as well as being on the Board of Directors of PRIM, an artist’s center and of the Rendez vous du Cinéma québécois in Montreal. ARRQ, SACD, SARTEC and WGA member, Marie creates her production and directing company LA COMPAGNIE DE LA MARIE in 1990.

A Man of Dance, 83 min, Documentary, 2016
Tai ji zhang, 90 min, Documentary, 2010
Anik bissonnette : danser c’est ma vie, 7 min, Documentary, 2007
De julia à émile 1949, 6 min, Documentary, 2002
Danser à tout prix, 52 min, Documentary, 2001
Danse du guerrier, 52 min, Documentary, 2001
La peau du temps, 1 min, Documentary, 1999
Un oiseau dans ses poches, 24 min, Documentary, 1998
J’accuse : la mode, 1 min, Documentary, 1998
Les mots dits, 53 min, Documentary, 1997
Héro, 27 min, Fiction, 1995
Brute, 3 min, Documentary, 1993
La danse en asie : la magie en mouvement, 41 min, Documentary, 1991