Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language.
He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."
2009: Youth Jury Special Award and Environment is Quality of Life Award, Don Quixote Award, Locarno International Film Festival, The Legacy (La Donation; nomination, Golden Leopard.
2008, Nomination, Jutra Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay, Summit Circle (Contre toute espérance)
2006, Nomination, Jutra Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay, The Novena (La Neuvaine)
2005: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Youth Jury Award: Environment is Quality of Life of the Locarno International Film Festival, The Novena (La Neuvaine); Nomination, Golden Leopard
2001: Nomination, Golden Bayard, Namur International Film Festival, The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)
Publications
20h17 rue Darling, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2005, 128 p. (ISBN978-2-922494-96-9). English translation by John Gilmore, 8:17 pm, rue Darling, Toronto, (Ontario), Canada, Guernica Editions, 2014, 133 p. (ISBN978-1-55071-846-1)
Aani la bavarde, avec Fabien Merelle, Namur, Belgique, Éditions Didier Hatier, 2007, 77 p. (ISBN978-2-218-92658-7)
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