XAVIER DOLAN
b. March 20, 1989 in Québec
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In September of 2009, Telefilm Canada announced that it had selected Dolan's J'ai tué ma mère to represent Canada in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2010 Academy Awards. The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival. In January of 2010 the Toronto Film Critics Association selected Dolan to be the recipient of its first Jay Scott Prize and his debut feature was a large winner at the 2010 Jutra Awards. His latest film, Les Amours imaginaires (Heartbeats) will have its world premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
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