Guy Édoin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, whose debut full-length film Wetlands (Marécages) was released in 2011.Matthew Hays, . Xtra!, March 14, 2012.
Originally from Saint-Armand, Quebec,François Marcotte, "Rencontre avec Guy Édoin". Le Journal Saint-Armand, April/May 2005. Édoin studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Université de Montréal.
Prior to Wetlands he wrote and directed the "Les Affluents" short film trilogy of The Bridge (Le Pont) in 2004, The Dead Water (Les Eaux mortes) in 2006 and Beyond the Walls (La Battue) in 2008."Sortie du DVD". Le Journal de Montréal, February 21, 2012. All three films received Prix Jutra nominations for Best Short Film, with The Dead Water winning at the 9th Jutra Awards,"Congorama wins 5 Prix Jutra". CBC News, February 19, 2007. and Beyond the Walls received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards.Peter Knegt, "“Necessities of Life” Leads Genie Nods". IndieWire, February 10, 2009.
His second feature film, Ville-Marie, was released in 2015."Egoyan, Rozema, Mehta lead Canadian features courting broad audiences at TIFF". Edmonton Journal, September 7, 2015.
Édoin, who is gay, frequently addresses LGBT themes in his work."Marécages : entrevue avec Guy Édoin" . Être, October 19, 2011.
He began shooting the film Frontiers (Frontières) in fall 2021.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Guy Édoin en tournage". Films du Québec, November 19, 2021.
Filmography The Bridge (Le Pont) - 2004 The Dead Water (Les Eaux mortes) - 2006 Beyond the Walls (La Battue) - 2008 Wetlands (Marécages) - 2011 Corno - 2013 Ville-Marie - 2015 Malek - 2019 Frontiers (Frontières) - 2023
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