Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Explained

Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers is a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec.^[1] She is most noted for her 2019 short film Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards,^[2] and won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.^[3]

Education

Brodeur-Desrosiers graduated from Concordia University with BFA in Film Production. She received an MFA in Classical Acting at the Drama Center London and studied feature writing at L’INIS.^[4]

Career

Her 2021 film Fanmi, codirected with Carmine Pierre-Dufour, was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.^[5]

In 2022, Brodeur-Desrosiers directed her first feature-length film, How to Get Your Parents to Divorce (Pas d'chicane dans ma cabane). The film, aimed at a pre-adolescent audience, premiered at the Festival du film de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Film Festival).^[6] She co-wrote the film with Maryse Latendresse.^[7]

Filmography

• Un trou dans la mémoire – 2010
• Soon Enough (Avant demain) – 2013
• Kaupunki Etsii Klovnia – 2014
• The Truck (Le Truck) – 2015
• T'es pas game – 2015
• Cast Off (Larguer les amarres) – 2016
• Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi) – 2019
• Fanmi – 2021
• How to Get Your Parents to Divorce (Pas d'chicane dans ma cabane) – 2022

Notes and References

1. Marie-Claude Lortie, "Personnalités de la semaine: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles et Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers". La Presse, February 24, 2019.
2. Anne-Marie Gravel, "Forêt Noire en lice aux prix Écrans canadiens". Le Quotidien, February 18, 2020.
3. Web site: Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix . . June 10, 2020 . June 12, 2020 . French .
4. Web site: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Director Claude Girard Talent Agency . 2024-03-05 . Claude Girard Agency Cinema Literature Television New media . en-US.
5. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021". Now, December 6, 2021.
6. Web site: Harvey . Léa . 2022-06-03 . Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers: diriger les petits comme les grands . 2022-09-10 . Le Soleil . fr.
7. News: Larocque . Véronique . 2022-06-10 . Pas d'chicane dans ma cabane Un film pour les jeunes, par les jeunes . 2022-09-10 . La Presse . fr.