Catherine Léger
Writer | Screenwriter
Catherine Léger writes for film, television and theatre. Her script for Slut In A Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) earned her the award for best original screenplay at the Canadian Screen Awards 2019. The film, directed by Sophie Lorain and produced by Amérique Films, was screened at several festivals, including Tribeca, Tokyo and Angoulême. She also co-wrote the script for Little Queen (La Petite Reine) 2014, directed by Alexis Durand Brault and the film adaptation of the novel La Déesse des mouches à feu (Godess of the Fireflies) by Geneviève Pettersen, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette. The feature film was officially selected for the 70th Berlin International Film Festival 2020.
Her television credits include writing Les Invisibles (adaptation of the famous French series 10%, Call My Agent) (TVA, 2019) and her work on the series Marche à l’ombre (Super Écran, 2017). Catherine Léger has also written for the theatre, including Catfitght, American Car, Opium_37 featured on the list of “Quebec treasures” in translation at Playwrights Canada Press, Princesses – Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, 2011, I Lost My Husband (J’ai perdu mon mari) – Gateway Theatre Richmond, 2018 and Free Girls (Filles en liberté) – Théâtre La Licorne, 2018. Her play Babysitter, staged at Théâtre La Licorne in April 2017, was later presented in Ohio, Limoges and Munich. She also wrote the play’s film adaptation directed by Monia Chokri, the film was shown in France, Canada and was in Selection at Sundance et Tribeca.
Summer 2022, Catherine presented her new play Changer de Vie and is writing the film adaptation Deux Femmes En Or.
Filmography
Deux Femmes en Or
In preproduction
Cinematographic adaptation of the script by Claude Fournier and Marie-José Raymond
Screenwriter | Director Chloé Robichaud
Productions PH4SE & Amérique Films
Babysitter
2022
Film adaptation by Catherine Léger of her play of the same title.
Writer & Screenwriter | Director Monia Chokri
Productions PH4SE & Amérique Films | Distribution Maison 4Tiers
Canadian Screen Awards - Catherine Léger in Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, Toronto 2023
Award for Best Film at Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie and Best Actor for Steve Laplante.
FESTIVALS
Canadian Film Fest 2023 – Nomination pour Meilleur Film
1er Edition of Quebecine Cinecita National, Buenos Aires, Mexico 2023
Sundance 2022 - Official Selection
Tribeca 2022 - Official Selection
Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie 2022 (Monaco)
Transilvania International Film Festival 2022
14e Festival Les Percéides 2022
Jerusalem Film Festival 2022
Taipei Fim Festival 2022
Febiofest Prague International Film Festival 2022
Goddess of the Fireflies (La Déesse des mouches à feu)
2020
Adaptation of the novel La déesse des mouches à feu, written by Geneviève Pettersen
Screenwriter | Director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Production Coop Video of Montreal | Distribution Entract Films
*First place at the box office in Québec (spring 2021)
Grand Jury Prize (Official Competition) - Quebec City International Film Festival, 2020
Canadian Screen Awards 2021 - 3 Nominations: Best adaptation (Catherine Léger), Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and Best Stunt Coordination
IRIS Awards 2021 - 15 Nominations including Best Screenplay (Catherine Léger), winner of 4 including Best Picture.
Seattle International Film Festival 2021 - 2 Nominations: Grand Jury Prize and Futurewave Youth Jury Award
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy 2020 - Nomination: Gryphon Award for Generator +18
FESTIVALS
Premier at the Berlinale in Official Selection - Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2020
Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun)
2018
Feature film
Writer and Screenwriter | Director Sophie Lorain
Production Amérique Films | Distribution Christal Films and Les Films Séville
The feature film with English subtitles Slut In A Good Way was first out in theatres in the United States in March 2019 and was released in Chile, Argentina, France and an English adaptation for the UK is in development.
AWARDS
Best scenario – Canadian Screen Awards, Toronto 2019
FESTIVALS
Slut in a Good Way presented at the Tribeca Film Festival, 17th Edition, USA 2018
Shanghai International Film Festival, China 2018
New Zealand International Film Festival 2018
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême, France 2018
Fantastic Fest – USA 2019
FIFFS - Women Film Festival of Sale, Morocco 2018
International French Film Festival of Namur, Belgium 2018
Francophone Film Festival Malaga, Spain 2018
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brasil 2018
Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan 2018
JuniorFest, Czech Republique 2018
International Film Festival of India – Goa 2018
Tromso International Film Festival, Norway 2018
Franska Filmfestivalen, Sweden 2018
Film Festival Assen, Netherlans 2018
BUFF International Children and Youth Film Festival, Sweden 2018
Cleveland International Film Festival, USA 2018
La petite reine (Little Queen)
2014
Co-screenwriter with Sophie Lorain
Production Forum Films | Distribution Christal Films
FESTIVALS
7e Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême, France 2014
29e Festival international du film francophone de Namur, Belgium 2014
Festival international du film de Seattle - French Cinema Now, USA 2014
18e Cinéma du Québec à Paris, France 2014
Theatre
Deux femmes en or
Spring 2023
Text by Catherine Léger | Adapted from the script by Claude Fournier and Marie-José Raymond
Staging by Philippe Lambert | Théâtre de la Licorne
Changer de Vie
Summer of 2022
Play written by Catherine Léger | Staging by Sébastien Gauthier
Petit Théâtre du Nord with Ariel Ifergan, Marilou Morin, Étienne Pilon, Mélanie St-Laurent
I Lost My Husband
2018
English adaptation of J'ai perdu mon mari by Leanna Brodies
Gateway Theatre Richmond
Deux femmes en or
Carleton-sur-Mer, Summer of 2018
Staging by Louise Laprade
Adaptation fom the feature film by Claude Fournier
Filles en Liberté (Free Girls)
2017
Staging by Patrice Dubois | La Licorne Theatre
J’ai perdu mon mari (I Lost My Husband)
Carleton-sur-Mer, July 2014
Staging by Philippe Lambert
À tour de rôle Productions | À tour de rôle Productions
Princesses (Princess)
September 2011
Staging by Diane Pavlovic | Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Catfight
December 2010
Stage reading by Marie-Thérèse Fortin
Théâtre à la Une (100e anniversaire du Journal Le Devoir) & Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Chevreuil
June 2010
Staging Geneviève L. Blais | Péristyle Theatre
Opium_37
November 2008
Staging d’Éric Jean | Théâtre de Quat’sous
Featured on the list of “Quebec treasures” in translation at Playwrights Canada Press
American car
March 2008
Translation Chantal Bilodeau - Stage reading
Lark Play development Center, New York
Voiture américaine
November 2006
Staging Robert Bellefeuille, march 2006
Stage reading by Philippe Lambert at the dramaturgy week
École nationale de théâtre du Canada
Television
Les Invisibles (10%, Call My Agent)
2019
TV series (an adaptation of the French TV series Call my Agent or 10%)
Screenwriter | Director Alexis Durant-Brault
Production Forum Films | Broadcasting TVA
34th Gémeaux Awards– 2 nominations
Toc Toc Toc
2006-2008
Screenwriter of 19 episodes
Téléfiction Productions | Ici Radio-Canada Youth
La job (The Office)
2006
Adaptation of The Office (episode 7)
Co-screenwriter with Ian Lauzon (episode 13)
IDI – Image Diffusion International
Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Princesses, Leméac Éditeur - 2012
Opium_37, Leméac Éditeur - 2012
Dimanche soir et Sacré diable, Moebius #109 Spring 2006
L’Oeil-de-boeuf, XYZ La revue de la nouvelle #69 - Spring 2002
Awards and Residencies
Writer-in-Residence at la Licorne - 2012
New York Stage and Film Festival, writing residence with the Lark Play Development Center, for the translation of Voiture américaine, July 2007
Creation bonus from the Gratien Gélinas funds for the play Voiture américaine, October 2006
First prize at the Concours d’écriture dramatique du théâtre La Catapulte, May 1996