Carmine Pierre-Dufour Explained

Carmine Pierre-Dufour is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1] She is most noted as co-director with Émilie Mannering of the short film Mahalia Melts in the Rain, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[2]

Her 2021 film Fanmi, codirected with Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[3]

She has also been a writer and story editor for the television series Big Top Academy and Transplant.

Notes and References

  1. Helen Faradji, "Diversité, quotas et cinéma noir avec la réalisatrice Carmine Pierre-Dufour". Ici Radio-Canada, June 25, 2020.
  2. https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2019/02/07/prix-ecrans-canadiens-2019-la-domination-quebecoise/ "Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise"
  3. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021" . Now, December 6, 2021.