Pedro Pires(I)

After collaborating with François Girard and Robert Lepage, 1998 Emmy Award winner Pedro Pires directed the short films "Danse Macabre" in 2008 which won 43 awards internationally, and "HOPE" in 2010, which won the Telefilm Canada prize for "Outstanding Canadian Short". In 2011 he collaborated with Cirque du Soleil designing the video projections for the show Totem. In 2012, he partnered with Lepage again to co-direct the feature "Triptych". The film received a "Honorable mention of the Ecumenical Jury" at the Berlinale International Film Festival. In 2019, he released his first documentary feature "Alexandre le fou" for which he acted as Producer, Writer and Director. The film won "Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary" at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards and was also nominated for "Best Cinematography" and "Best Film".