André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in Bar Salon, Au clair de la lune, Une Historie inventée, Le Vent du Wyoming and The Countess of Baton Rouge, blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary.
He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film.
His wife, Linda Pinet, has been co-producer and co-writer of many of his films."André Forcier et Linda Pinet : se donner pour le cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, May 22, 2018. The two cofounded the independent film studio Les Films du Paria.Frédérique Brousseau, "Linda Pinet reste passionnée par les projets cinématographiques". Qui Fait Quoi, August 22, 2024. Pinet was solely a producer, not a co-writer, of his 2024 film Ababooned (Ababouiné), although the couple's sons, François Pinet-Forcier and Renaud Pinet-Forcier, were co-writers.Kim Izzo, "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival". Playback, July 4, 2024.
In 2018 he was the subject of Des histoires inventées, a documentary film by Jean-Marc E. Roy.Stéphane Bouchard, "Jean-Marc E. Roy en première mondiale à Québec". Le Quotidien, September 6, 2018. He subsequently collaborated directly with Roy as co-director of the 2025 docufiction film Cardboard City (Ville Jacques-Carton).Jean-François Nadeau, "«Ville Jacques-Carton» : la vie oubliée de Ville Jacques-Cartier". Le Devoir, September 5, 2025.
Filmography 1966: La mort vue par... 1967: Chroniques Labradoriennes 1971: The Return of the Immaculate Conception (Le Retour de l'immaculé conception) 1974: Night Cap 1974: Bar Salon 1976: A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette) 1983: Au clair de la lune 1988: Kalamazoo 1990: An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) 1994: The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) 1998: The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) 2004: Acapulco Gold 2005: The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) 2009: Je me souviens 2011: Coteau Rouge 2016: Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) 2019: Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées) 2024: Ababooned (Ababouiné)"Le dernier film d’André Forcier à Fantasia". La Presse, July 3, 2024. 2025: Cardboard City (Ville Jacques-Carton), codirected with Jean-Marc E. RoyCharles-Henri Ramond, "Fantasia: Première de Ville Jacques-Carton". Films du Québec, June 12, 2025.
Awards Forcier won the Prix André-Guérin in 1990. In 2003, he won the prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in Quebec cinema. In 2010, he received Canada's Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts He has received six Genie Award nominations. In the 2018 Prix Iris, he was honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry. In 2024, he was awarded the Prix Denis-Héroux Award at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.
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