| Herd Leader | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| French | Chef de meute |
| Directed by | Chloé Robichaud |
| Written by | Chloé Robichaud |
| Produced by | Fanny-Laure Malo Chloé Robichaud Sarah Pellerin |
| Starring | Ève Duranceau |
| Cinematography | Jessica Lee Gagné |
| Edited by | Chloé Robichaud |
Production companies | La Boîte à Fanny Les films de la meute |
Release date |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Herd Leader (French: Chef de meute) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Chloé Robichaud and released in 2012.[1] The film stars Ève Duranceau as Clara, a shy woman who must build confidence in herself when she inherits her late aunt's dog and has to learn how to train it.[2]
The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, in the competitive short film program,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012.[5] In 2013, it was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards[6] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.[7]
- ^ "Cannes: Filmmaker Chloé Robichaud Discusses ‘Chef de Meute’". Backstage, May 19, 2012.
- ^ "Chloé Robichaud : La chef de meute". Quartier libre, November 27, 2012.
- ^ "Québécois à la conquête de Cannes : Chloé Robichaud, Marie-Ève Juste, Danny Lennon, Juan Andres Arango, Karim Hussain et Xavier Dolan". Voir, May 17, 2012.
- ^ Peter Knegt, "TIFF List 2012: A Complete List of All Films at the Toronto International Film Festival". IndieWire, September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.
- ^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013.