Robert Morin
Director
Biography
Robert Morin has been enriching the world of Québec cinéma for over twenty-five years with his penetrating "interior views", each one more striking than the last. He has, from the beginning, imposed his own style and vision, leaving indelible marks on the collective imagination.
A founding member of the Coop Vidéo de Montréal in 1977, Morin has made about thirty films and videos of varying lengths, of which most have won awards and nominations internationally. He has been the focus of countless homages and retrospectives (among others at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, the Cinéma Parallèle, in Québec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Montbéliard, Bourges, Brussels and Marseille) and has received many distinctions over the years.
Here some of the works that have made their mark: Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur (Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain) (1997), was awarded best feature by the AQCC (l'Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma) in 1998; Yes Sir! Madame... (1994) won the Grand Prix de Genève, the Grand Prix de Split in Croatia and best video at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1995; Windigo (1994), won best film from the Office des Communications Sociales and the Alberta-Québec Innovation-Cinéma award; Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur (1992), was selected at the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes, and won best Canadian film (the CityTV Award, Toronto), the Ouimet-Molson Award for best Québécois feature, and the SARDEC award for best screenplay. The film also received special mention for its screenplay at the Vancouver Film Festival and was nominated for best film and best screenplay at the Genies; together with their other work, La réception (The Reception)(1989), co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, won them the Bell Canada Award from the Canada Council for the Arts; La femme étrangère (The Woman from Elsewhere) (1988) received the Prix Spécial du Jury in Nantes in 1990; Tristesse modèle réduit (Scale-Model Sadness)(1987), won the Alberta-Québec Innovation-Télévision award, a quality award from SOGIC, and a Gémeau nomination for best film. In 2002, Vidéographe, in collaboration with the Coop Vidéo de Montréal, released a collection of Morin's video works on 10 DVD's entitled, Parcours du vidéaste (1976-1997). The same year, Morin made Le Nèg'. In 2003, this film won a Jutra for best editing, the SAQ Prix Coup-de-Coeur award at the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, and was among Canada's Top Ten recognized by the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
In 2005, Robert Morin is doing two more feature films: Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique (May God Bless America), and the much more personal Petit Pow ! Pow ! Noël (Yule Croak). He is also writing three new projects, among them the film adapation of Hubert Mingarelli's award-winning novel, Quatre soldats.
Filmography
2013
(production)
Feature-Length Drama, HD, Coop Vidéo
Quatre soldats
Feature-Length Drama, HD, Coop Vidéo
2010
Feature-Length Drama, HD, 90 mins, color, Coop Vidéo
2009
Drama, HD, 91 mins, colour, Coop Vidéo
2005
Feature-Length Drama, HD to 35mm, Coop Vidéo
Petit Pow! Pow! Noël (Yule Croak)
Feature-Length Drama, video, F pour Film / Coop Vidéo
2002
Feature-Length Drama, 35 mm, Coop Vidéo
2001
Feature-Length Docu-Drama, video, Cinémaginaire
1997
Feature-Length Drama, video, Coop Vidéo
1994
Feature-Length Drama, 16mm and video, Coop Vidéo
Windigo
Feature-Length Drama, 35mm, Lux Films
1992
sans-coeur
Feature-Length Drama, 35mm, Coop Vidéo / Lux Films
1989
Feature-Length Drama, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo / M.D.V.
1988
Documentary Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo / M.D.V.
1987
Feature-Length Drama, video, Coop Vidéo / ONF
1984
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
Mauvais mal (Evil Madness)
Dramatic Short, video, co-directors: Marcel Chouinard and Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
On se paye la gomme (We Treat Ourselves to the Best)
Dramatic Short, video, co-directors: Marcel Chouinard and Gilbert Lachapelle, Coop Vidéo
Toi t'es-tu lucky (And You, Are You Lucky?)
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
1983
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
A Postcard from Victoria
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Western Front
1980
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
Ma vie c'est pour le restant de mes jours (My Life Is for the Rest of my Life)
Dramatic Short, video, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
Le royaume est commencé (The Kingdom Has Come)
Medium-Length Drama, 16mm, co-director: Lorraine Dufour, Coop Vidéo
1977
Dramatic Short, 16mm, collective, Coop Vidéo
Mentions
2006
Festival international du documentaire de Marseille (France)
2002
Boxed set of 10 DVD's of Robert Morin's video works, accompanied by the publication, Given moments, an interview with the videographer directed by Fabrice Montal
1999
Rétrospective, Cinémathèque québécoise (Montréal, Canada)
1999
Rétrospective présentée par Antitube à Bandits-Mages (Bourges, France)
1998
Rétrospective presented by Antitube, Musée de la civilisation de Québec (Canada)
1997
Centre d'Art contemporain de Basse Normandie (France)
1995
Cinéma Parallèle (Montréal, Canada)
1992-91
Galerie Nationale du Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
1991
Robert Morin and Lorraine Dufour for their videographic oeuvre
1991
Galerie A Space (Toronto, Canada)
1990
Cinéma Parallèle (Montréal, Canada)
1989
Festival Filmer à tout prix (Bruxelles, Belgique)
1989
Manifestation internationale de vidéo et de télévision de Montbéliard (France)
Caroline Hayeur