Samuel Matteau

Samuel Matteau is a Canadian film director from Quebec. He is most noted as co-director with Guillaume Fournier and Yannick Nolin of a trilogy of short documentary films about Cajun life and culture in Louisiana.[1]

His first directed feature film was Squat.[2] The first film in the series, Laissez les bon temps rouler, premiered in 2017.

The second film in the series, Acadiana, premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival.[3] At the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, the directors won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film.[4] It was subsequently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2019,[5] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[6]

The third film, Belle River, premiered at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[7] It was named to the Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2022,[8] and was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[9]

Matteau has also directed numerous short films on his own, including Le Combat silencieux (2012), Karim + Hadjer (2014) and Renouer (2022).

  1. ^ Linnea Feldman Emison, "Climate Dread Coexists with Merriment in 'Belle River'". The New Yorker, April 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "«Un honneur et un privilège»". Journal de Quebec. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Brian Welk, "Steven Soderbergh to Receive 2019 Founders Award at Slamdance Festival". TheWrap, December 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "‘Jordan River Anderson’ Named Top Canadian Doc at VIFF". Point of View, October 6, 2019.
  5. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "SPIRA à Clermont-Ferrand : « BELLE RIVER » et « OUSMANE » présentés en compétition officielle". CTVM, December 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.