Linda Pinet Explained

Linda Pinet is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer, most noted for her collaborations with her husband André Forcier as a co-producer and co-writer of many of his films.^[1]

She began her career as a film editor, including on Forcier's Acapulco Gold, before her first full cowriting credit on The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert).^[2] and has had writing and/or production credits on every Forcier film thereafter.^[3] She and Forcier cofounded the independent film studio Les Films du Paria.^[4]

She did not have a writing credit on Forcier's 2024 film Ababooned (Ababouiné), although she was a producer, and the couple's sons François Pinet-Forcier and Renaud Pinet-Forcier were co-writers of the film.^[5]

Filmography

• 2004: Acapulco Gold – editor
• 2005: The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) – writer
• 2007: Happiness Bound (Un cri au bonheur) - editor
• 2009: Je me souviens – producer, writer, editor
• 2011: Coteau Rouge – producer, writer
• 2016: Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) – producer, writer
• 2019: Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées) – producer, writer
• 2024: Ababooned (Ababouiné) – producer

Awards

Award	Date	Category	Film	Result
Prix Jutra/Iris	2010	Best Screenplay	Je me souviens		[6]
		Best Editing
	2014	Best Film	Coteau rouge		[7]
		Best Screenplay
	2017		Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)		[8]
	2024	Best Film	Ababooned (Ababouiné)		[9]

Notes and References

1. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/medium-large/segments/entrevue/73031/histoire-couple-andre-forcier-linda-pinet-partenaires-vie-cinema "André Forcier et Linda Pinet : se donner pour le cinéma"
2. Philippe Gajan, "Entretien avec André Forcier". 24 images, No, 149 (March-April 2009). pp. 48-51.
3. Anne-Marie Gravel, "Une histoire d'amour impossible". Le Quotidien, September 15, 2016.
4. Frédérique Brousseau, "Linda Pinet reste passionnée par les projets cinématographiques". Qui Fait Quoi, August 22, 2024.
5. Kim Izzo, "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival". Playback, July 4, 2024.
6. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2010: les films phares de 2010 se partagent les prix". Films du Québec, March 29, 2010.
7. Odile Tremblay, "Monsieur Lazhar, Coteau rouge et Café de Flore dominent la course à la 14e Soirée des Jutra". Le Devoir, February 1, 2012.
8. News: Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête . Boutros . Magdaline . 5 April 2017 . 1 May 2017 . La Presse.
9. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2110775/vampire-humaniste-gala-quebec-cinema-nominations "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nowo enminations"