Henry Bernadet is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter from Quebec, whose solo directorial debut film Gamma Rays (Les Rayons gamma) was released in 2023.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Rayons Gamma, Les – Film de Henry Bernadet". Films du Québec, November 5, 2023.
Originally from Quebec City,Manon Dumais, "Jeunes en liberté". La Presse, November 7, 2023. he made a number of short films as an independent filmmaker before co-directing the feature film West of Pluto (À l'ouest de Pluton) with Myriam Verreault in 2008.Charles-Henri Ramond, "A l’ouest de Pluton – Film d’Henry Bernadet et de Myriam Verreault". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
He subsequently moved to Montreal to study film at Concordia University, and directed further short films, and television series episodes, before making Gamma Rays. He cast the film by approaching Georges-Vanier secondary school in the Montreal borough of Villeray to seek out students in the school's theatre program, and working with them to create a film that would depict stories drawn in part from their own experiences as members of racialized minority groups.Charles Rioux, "Les rayons gamma : le talent brut des jeunes de Saint-Michel au grand écran". Ici Radio-Canada, November 10, 2023.
Gamma Rays was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les finalistes du 13e PCCQ". Films du Québec, January 11, 2024. and Bernadet, Marie-Anne Sergerie and Victor Tremblay-Blouin received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Casting at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards.Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024. He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Director at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025, as well as a nomination for Best Original Screenplay with cowriters Nicolas Krief and Isabelle Brouillette.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens 2025: les nominations". Films du Québec, March 27, 2025.
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