Louise Archambault, MFA 93, will represent Canada in the Foreign Language Film Category at the 2013 Academy Awards with her film Gabrielle. | Photo: Films Seville
This year, over 50 countries and counting have submitted to the Academy Awards’ Foreign Language Film category. Only five films will make the final nominations list, which is expected to be announced on January 16, 2014.
This marks the second year running that the work of a Concordia graduate is picked to represent Canada at the prestigious cinematic awards. Rebelle, directed by Concordia film production graduate Kim Nguyen, BFA 97, was nominated for an Oscar last year.
Archambault, who lives in Montreal, studied at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia’s downtown Sir George Williams Campus.
“The Canadian film industry, specifically the Quebec industry, is chock full of Concordia graduates,” says Daniel Cross, chair of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.
“When you see a success like Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle or Kim Nguyen’s Rebelle, it really inspires everyone here — students, staff and professors — to maintain that tradition of excellence.”
Poster for the film Gabrielle, written and directed by alumna Louise Archambault