Pascal Plante is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from

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, whose debut feature film, '' Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages)'', premiered in 2017. He won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Screenplay at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017, and the film's lead actress Rose-Marie Perreault received a

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in 2018, and a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2019. His second feature film '' Nadia, Butterfly'' was announced as an official selection of the

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.Gregory Strong
"Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film 'Nadia, Butterfly'"

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, June 4, 2020. Plante is a former competitive swimmer who tried out, but did not qualify, to represent Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and subsequently studied film at

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's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.Renée Dunk
"Film students strut their stuff"

, May 10, 2011. He has also directed the short films ''La fleur de l'âge'', ''Je suis un château de sable qui attend la mer'', ''Baby Blues'', ''Drum de marde!'', ''Blue-Eyed Blonde'', ''Nonna'' and ''Blast Beat'', and has worked as a sound mixer and editor on other film projects.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plante, Pascal 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian screenwriters in French Film directors from Quebec Writers from Quebec French Quebecers Living people Concordia University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)