Catherine Hébert
Catherine Hébert is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec. After graduating with degrees in communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal and journalism from the Université Laval, Hébert travelled to Africa, 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.
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Catherine Hébert
- Born
- 1975
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film director · film producer · screenwriter · researcher
- Education
- Université du Québec à Montréal · Lille school of journalism - École supérieure de journalisme de Lille · Laval University
- Known for
- Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
- Languages
- French
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It was the winner of the Prix du Public in RIDM,. And received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009. In 2011, her film Notes on a Road Less Taken (Carnets d'un grand détour) won the Grand Prize for Canadian documentaries at RIDM. 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 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.
Catherine Hébert studied at Université du Québec à Montréal, Lille school of journalism - École supérieure de journalisme de Lille and Laval University. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Université de Montréal. Works named in the authority record are Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah.
• 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
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- 1."RIDM : Catherine Hébert met en lumière le travail et le parcours de Ziva Postec". Qui Fait Quoi, November 15, 2018.
- 2.Marie-Hélène Mello, "Entretien avec Catherine Hébert, réalisatrice de De l’autre côté du pays". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2008. pp. 24–29.
- 3.Alain de Repentigny, "Catherine Hébert : la rencontre de l'autre". La Presse, January 20, 2008.
- 4.Michel Defoy, "RIDM : Encore des docs". Voir, November 15, 2007.
- 5.Bernard Pérusse, "Look at today's Israel wins grand prize; Description of a Memory; Festival's documentaries draw 17,000". Montreal Gazette, November 18, 2007.
- 6.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009.
- 7.Barry Walsh, "RIDM award winners announced". Playback, November 21, 2011.
- 8.André Duchesne, "Ziva Postec et Shoah: entre destin et création". La Presse, November 15, 2018.
- 9."Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
- 10.Pat Mullen, "Two Docs Among Canadian First Look Spotlight at Locarno". Point of View, July 16, 2025.
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