Canadian
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documentary filmmaker from
Quebec
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.
After graduating with degrees in communications from the
Université du Québec à Montréal
The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system.
UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...
and journalism from the
Université Laval
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, Hébert travelled to
Africa
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, where she began her documentary filmmaking career.
She first became widely known for '' The Other Side of the Country (De l'autre côté du pays)'', which premiered at the 2007
Montreal International Documentary Festival
The Montreal International Documentary Festival () is a Canadian documentary film festival, staged annually in Montreal, Quebec.
In English, the festival now goes by the name Montreal International Documentary Festival, while retaining the French- ...
. It was the winner of the Prix du Public at RIDM,. and received a
Prix Jutra
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11th Jutra Awards
The 11th Jutra Awards were held on March 29, 2009 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2008. Nominations were announced on February 17.Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec: La monteuse derrière le film Shoah)'' premiered at RIDM in 2018, and received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Documentary film at the
22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki document ...
in 2020.
Hébert and Elric Robichon co-directed the forthcoming documentary film ''We Will Not Be Silenced (Que le silence ne l'emporte pas)'', a profile of writers in exile who use their art as a tool of activism and resistance.Pat Mullen "Two Docs Among Canadian First Look Spotlight at Locarno" ''
Point of View
Point of View or Points of View may refer to:
Concept and technique
* Point of view (literature) or narrative mode, the perspective of the narrative voice; the pronoun used in narration
* Point of view (philosophy), an attitude how one sees or ...
'', July 16, 2025.
Filmography
*''Tea at the Embassy (Thé à l’ambassade)'' - 2003
*''Des mangues pour Charlotte'' - 2004
*''Voici l'homme'' - 2005
*''Le visage que j’avais'' - 2006
*'' The Other Side of the Country (De l'autre côté du pays)'' - 2007
*''La longue route de Julienne'' - 2008
*''Notes on a Road Less Taken (Carnets d'un grand détour)'' - 2011
*''Yesterday in Nyassan (Hier à Nyassan)'' - 2016
*'' Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec: La monteuse derrière le film Shoah)'' - 2018
*''We Will Not Be Silenced (Que le silence ne l'emporte pas)'' - TBA