B: in Saint-Ambroise, Québec
Writer and director, Sébastien Pilote, is pictured in a publicity still for his first feature, Le Vendeur (The Salesman), which was selected to screen in the World Drama competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Le Démantèlement, his second feature film, stars Gabriel Arcand as a man who sells his family farm to help his daughters, who have fallen on hard times. It won the best screenplay prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival from the society for authors and dramatic composers, beating out six other films. His 2018 feature La disparition des lucioles (The Fireflies are Gone) was selected to have its North American premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and was named the Best Canadian Film on the festival’s closing night. |
Features & TV Movies: Dust Bowl Ha Ha (2007) Le vendeur (2010) Maria Chapdelaine (2020) Credits as a Screenwriter: Maria Chapdelaine (2020) |