Sophie Goyette
Quebec

Sophie Goyette is the writer and director of six 13-award-winning films in competition at Sundance, Locarno and TIFF Toronto. His short films In parallel (2008), In the wild (2009) and Rides (2010) were noticed on the circuit of numerous festivals. Premiering at the Locarno Festival, his 4th short La Ronde (2011) won six awards including “Best Short Fiction Film” at the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, was selected for Top Ten Canada and received a 2012 GENIE AWARD nomination. His 5th short film The near future (2012) also won six awards including the “National Grand Prix” at its world premiere and was in international competition at the 2013 Sundance Festival. My nights will echo (2017) is her first fiction feature film, winning the 2017 Bright Future Award at the Rotterdam Festival for its international premiere, and nominated for the 2018 Quebec Collegiate Film Awards.