Chloé Leriche is a Canadian film director from Montreal, Quebec."Chloé Leriche à la Berlinale avec un film en langue attikamekw". Voir, January 13, 2016. Her debut feature film, Before the Streets (Avant les rues), received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Picture and a nod for Leriche as Best Director."The Canadian Screen Awards nominations are out!". Now, January 17, 2017.
Leriche, a largely self-taught filmmaker, made a number of short films and worked as an educator with film and video training programs for homeless youth and First Nations,"Chloé Leriche: pour contrer l'indifférence". La Presse, April 13, 2016. before writing and directing Before the Streets."Berlinale 2016 Women Directors: Meet Chloé Leriche – ‘Before the Streets’". Indiewire, February 22, 2016. Her most noted short film, The Schoolyard (Les Grands), was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007."Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list". Daily Gleaner, December 12, 2007.
Before the Streets won the Borsos Competition award for best picture, and Leriche won the award for best director, at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival."Before the Streets wins big in Whistler". Playback, December 5, 2016. At the 2016 Directors Guild of Canada awards, Leriche won the DGC Discovery Award."Paul Gross takes top film honours at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 2016.
Her second feature film, Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw), premiered at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma,Charles-Henri Ramond, "FNC 2023: la sélection québécoise". Films du Québec, September 20, 2023. and was shortlisted for the 2023 DGC Discovery Award.Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023.
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