Bernard Émond

Bernard Émond is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist, and essayist working in the French language.

Early life and education Bernard Émond studied anthropology at university.

Career Émond lived for several years in the Canadian north, where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.

He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."

Filmography Director and writer 1992 - Ceux qui ont le pas léger meurent sans laisser de traces 1994 - L'instant et la patience 1995 - La Terre des autres 1997 - L'épreuve du feu 2000 - Le Temps et le lieu 2001 - The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) 2003 - 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) 2005 - The Novena (La Neuvaine) 2007 - Summit Circle (Contre toute espérance) 2009 - The Legacy (La Donation) 2012 - All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) 2015 - The Diary of an Old Man (Journal d'un vieil homme) 2018 - A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici) 2023 - A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable)

Producer 1994 : Octobre (October)

Awards and recognition 2009: Youth Jury Special Award and Environment is Quality of Life Award, Don Quixote Award, Locarno International Film Festival, The Legacy (La Donation; nomination, Golden Leopard. 2009: Genie Award for Best Screenplay, Original, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre); Jutra Award, Best Screenplay 2008: Nomination, Jutra Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay, Summit Circle (Contre toute espérance) 2006: Nomination, Jutra Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay, The Novena (La Neuvaine) 2005: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Youth Jury Award: Environment is Quality of Life of the Locarno International Film Festival, The Novena (La Neuvaine); Nomination, Golden Leopard 2002: Nomination, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction, The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) 2001: Nomination, Golden Bayard, Namur International Film Festival (Belgium), The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)

Publications 20h17 rue Darling, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2005, 128 p. . English translation by John Gilmore, 8:17 pm, rue Darling, Toronto, (Ontario), Canada, Guernica Editions, 2014, 133 p. Aani la bavarde, avec Fabien Merelle, Namur, Belgique, Éditions Didier Hatier, 2007, 77 p. Aani la bavarde, PLAYBAC (March 29, 1999), French, , La Neuvaine : Scénario et regards croisés, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Éditions Les 400 coups, 2008 Il y a trop d'images : Textes épars 1993–2010, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2011, 123 p. Tout ce que tu possèdes : Scénario et regards croisés, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2012, 144 p. Camarade, ferme ton poste : Et autres textes, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2017, 160 p.