Big Giant Wave

Director, screenwriter Marie-Julie Dallaire is a director in film, television and advertising. She directed "Big Giant Wave", an art documentary on the power of music, with Jean-Marc Vallée as executive producer. In 2020, during the pandemic, she directed the short film "Jules’ impossible summer". In 2015, she directed the second unit on Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival. In 2009, she directed "Un monde sans pitié", a television series nominated at Les Prix Gémeaux. She also wrote and directed three episodes of the television series "Le Québec en 12 lieux". In 2007, "Father / Notre père", her portrait of ?“Pops”, the founder of Montreal charitable organization Dans la rue, was nominated at the Jutra Awards, and won the Alex and Ruth Dworkin Foundation Award. Her documentary "Marie-Antoinette sur fond vert" was named Best Documentary, Culture, at Les Prix Gémeaux. In the 2000s, she contributed to the collective feature film "Un cri au bonheur". She was one of the few women in Quebec at this time to direct television commercials. In 1996, she was one of the directors of the fiction feature "Cosmos", which was awarded at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. She launched her career with Quebec television phenomenon La Course Destination Monde in the early nineties. Filmography: Big Giant Wave (2021) Documentary - director, screenwriter Jules' Impossible Summer (2020) Short films - director Un cri au bonheur (2007) Documentary - director Marie-Antoinette sur fond vert (2007) Documentary - director Father / Notre père (2006) Documentary - director

• Festival International du Film sur L’Art. Le FIFA (2021) –  International Competition (Canada)
• 13 Festival Les Percéides (2021) – Grand prix du jury documentaire (France)
• Québec Cinema IRIS Awards (2022) – Best Documentary Film, Best Direction of Photography, Best Editing (Canada)
• Navarra International Film Festival (2022) – Best Documentary Film (Spain)