Olivier D. Asselin studied Screenwriting and completed a master’s degree in Experimental Media before studying Direction at L’INIS. A socially active filmmaker, he directed near thirty short to mid-length films, fictions as much as documentaries and experimental films. “Citoyens Inc.” was rewarded in 2005 and “Tout se tient” won two awards in 2008. His fiction “Les âmes en friche” was screened at the 2009 Rendez-vous du Cinéma Quebécois and 3 of his other films were shown at Portneuf environmental films festival between 2010 and 2012. His feature documentary “Pipelines, pouvoir et démocratie” premiered at the 2015 RIDM and was subsequently screened at the 2016 Rendez-vous du cinema Québécois, as well as festivals in Paris and Graz. Olivier is also a live video mixer and is member of numerous independent media collectives, notably Courts Critiques and Medi@s Libres.
