Eric K. Boulianne
Actor | Screenwriter | Director
Eric K. Boulianne is one of the most prolific Canadian screenwriters of his generation. He explores auteur cinema as much as mainstream cinema. He wrote or co-wrote, among others, the short film Little Brother (Petit Frère) (selected at the 53rd Cannes Critics’ Week and screened at more than 60 international festivals), the sequel to the popular success De Père En Flic (bigger Canadian box office in 2017) as well as PRANK (selected for the 31st Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week). Since 2019, no less than 6 feature films scripted or co-scripted by Eric K. Boulianne have been released: Before We Explode (Avant Qu’on Explose) (nominated in the best screenplay category at the Québec Cinéma 2019 gala), Compulsive Liar (Menteur) (biggest box office Canadian in 2019), Les Barbares de la Malbaie, Viking (in competition in the Platform section of TIFF 2022), Farador (in which he also plays the main role) and The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur) (nearly a million at the Quebec box office). Making Babies (Faire Un Enfant), a short film he wrote and directed, had its international premiere at the Locarno Film Festival where it won the prize for Best Director in the Pardi di domani section.
Eric is currently shooting his first feature film as director: FOLICHONNERIES.
Actor
C'EST COMME ÇA QUE JE T'AIME - Supporting Actor
MAKING BABIES – Leading role, *Canadian Screen Awards 2024 Nomination for Performance in a Live Action Drama
FARADOR – Main role of Charles
THE DISWASHER – Christian
BEFORE WE EXPLODE – The Barman
BIG BROTHER- Main role of Big Brother
LITTLE BROTHER – Main role of Big Brother
Filmography
Folichonneries
Currently shooting - December 2024
Feature film
Director and coscreenwriter
Production La Coop Vidéo | Distribution Entract Films
Making Babies (Faire un enfant)
2023
Short film
Screenwriter, Director and leading role with Florence Blain Mbaye
SPORT Production | Travelling Distribution
*Prix Iris, Gala Québec Cinéma 2024 | Nomination for Best Short Film (Fiction)
CCE Awards 2024 – Best Editing in Short Film (Myriam Magassouba)
Sapporo Short Fest - 18th Yokohama International Short Film Festival 2023 - Award for Best Actor
Canadian Screens Awards 2024 Nomination for Performance in a Live Action Short Drama
42e Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2023 - CRAVE AWARD
Locarno Film Festival - Best Director Award Pardi di domani competition
Off-Courts Trouville - Jury Award for Best Director Quebec 2023
Prends Ça Court! 2023 – Awards SODEC, UnisTV, Palme d’Or Guillaume Cyr
*FESTIVALS
TIFF 2023 - Compétition officielle
BFI London Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection
FNC 2023 - Official Competition
Chicago International Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection
Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2023 – Not short on talent tout court!
*NOMINATIONS
Canadian Screen Awards 2024 | Nomination for Performance in a Live Action Short Drama
Prix Iris, Gala Québec Cinéma 2024 | Nomination for Best Short Film (Fiction)
Farador
2023
Feature film
Co-screenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux, Daniel Boulanger and Edouard Tremblay (Director)
Eric is playing the leading role Charles.
Production Parallaxes
*Comiccon 2022
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - Emerging Raven Jury Special Mention, Belgium 2023
Festival du film canadien de Dieppe – Public Award for Feature Film, France 2023
Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (FCMS - Coup de cœur Public Award, Canada 2023
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma - Official Compétition & Closure Film – Québec/Canada 2023
Festival du film canadien de Dieppe- Compétition grand public, France 2023
(The Dishwasher) Le Plongeur
2023
Feature film | Adaptation of the successful novel from author Stéphane Larue
Screenwriter | Director Francis Leclerc
Production Sphère Média
*NOMINATIONS
Nominated for Best Screenplay (with Francis Leclerc) | Prix Iris, Gala Québec Cinéma 2023
Nominated for Best Film | Prix Iris, Gala Québec Cinéma 2023
Viking
2022
Feature film
Co-screenwriter with Stéphane Lafleur
Miscro_scope Production
Quebec Cinema IRIS Award for Best Screenplay 2023
Mediafilm - Grade 2 "Remarkable film"
TIFF 2022 - Special Mention for Best Feature Film *World Premiered at TIFF Platform Official Selection
La Guérite
In development
Feature film
Co-screenwriter with Alexandre Auger & Marc-Antoine Rioux and Rémi St-Michel (Director)
Christal Films Productions
M.Thibault
In development
Feature film
Co-screenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux
Production KO24
Fred a faim
In development
Co-sreenwriter with Catherine Therrien (Director)
Production Caramel Films
Nicolet
In development for 2023
Feature film
Screenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux | Director Catherine Therrien
Christal Films Productions
Big Brother (Grand-frère)
2021
Short film | HD | 15 min
Screenwriter, actor & co-producer | Director Rémi St-Michel | DOP Marie Davignon
Production Romance Polanski | Klaus Kinky
PRIX DE LA SARTEC ( Best Screenplay - Eric K Boulianne) - Longue vue sur le court, 2021
FESTIVALS
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC)- Official competition, 2021
Compulsive Liar (Menteur)
2019
Feature film
Coscreenwriter with Sébastien Ravary and Émile Gaudreault (Director)
Production Cinémaginaire | Distribution Les Films Séville
*More than 6 million Box-office
Canadian Screen Awards 2020 – Golden Ticket Award of Best Feature Film for the Canadian production that generated the highest box office receipts (6 M+)
Gala Québec Cinéma 2020 – Pulic’s Choice Award
Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur)
2019
Short film
Co-screenwriter with Alexandre Auger, Marc-Antoine Rioux and Rémi St-Michel (Director)
Co-production Panaches Films & Christal Films Productions
Distribution Les Films Opales & Panache Films
Prix H264 Jury’s Choice Award, available on Apple TV & Amazon Prime Video – 16e Gala Prends Ça Court, 2020
FCVQ – Grand Prize, National Competition – Short film, Québec 2019
International Short Film Competition, Fantasia – Best actor, Montréal 2019
SPASM – Best song HeartBomb in "Heartbomb", Montréal 2019
FESTIVALS
Red Rock Film Festival – Compétition officielle, USA 2019
Vancouver International Film Festival – Sélection officielle, Montréal 2019
Le long week-end du court – Trois-Rivières, 2019
17th IFF Pacific Meridian, Vladivostok, Russia 2019 – In selection
OFF-Courts Trouville, France 2019 – In competition
Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose)
2019
Feature film
Screenwriter | Director Rémi St-Michel
Production Christal Films | Distribution e-One (Seville Films)
Gala Québec Cinema 2019 - Nomination for Best Screenplay
Cineplex Golden Screen Award – Feature Film 2018
Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2)
2017
Feature Film
Co-screenwriter
Production Cinémaginaire | Distribution e-One (Seville Films)
*More than $ 1 million at the box-office during the first weekend in Quebec
Canadian Screen Award - Best Visual Effects PLUS, 2017
Cineplex Golden Screen Award - Feature Film, 2018
PRANK
2016
Feature Film | vidéo HD | 78 min
Co-screenwriter with Alexandre Auger, Vincent Biron (Director) & Marc-Antoine Rioux | Co-producer
Production Romance Polansky, Art& Essai | Distribution FunFilms
RVCQ – Prix Gilles Carle, Montreal, Quebec, 2017
FNC – Series « Vivre le cinéma autrement » – Montreal, Quebec, 2017
FICFA en Acadie – Prix La vague du meilleur long métrage canadien de fiction, NB, Canada, 2016
Raindance Films Festival – In Selection, London, 2016
Filmfest Hamburg – In Selection, Germany, 2016
FNC – In Selection, Quebec Première, Quebec, 2016
TIFF – Official Selection, Canadian Première, Canada, 2016
73e Venice Mostra – World Premiere, Official Competition, La settimana della critica, Italia, 2016
Little Brother (Petit Frère)
2014
Short film | HD | 15 min
Screenwriter, actor & co-producer
Production Romance Polanski | Klaus Kinky
53rd Cannes Film Festival Critic's Week
Award for Best Short Film, 12th International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific countries in Vladivostok
UDA Award for best actors
Spirafilm Award for Best Film, DIY Fantasia 2015
Coup de cœur Award COOP video of Montreal RVCQ 2015
Public Choice, Télé-Québec Espace Court 2014
Public Choice, Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival 2014
Nomination for Best Short Film, Canadian Screen Awards
Les Royaumes de Kromaki
2013
Short film | HD | 8 min
Co-screenwriter, Co-director & Co-producer
Production Romance Polanski
FESTIVALS
In Selection at RVCQ 2013 | Fantasia 2013 |Off-Courts Trouville - 2013
Le Cul des Autres
2011
Short film | HD | 22 min
Screenwriter, Co-director
R.P. Productions
FESTIVALS
In Selection at Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois, Montreal - 2012
Official competition, CFC Worldwide Shortfilm Festival, Toronto, Canada - 2012
Champions Gomme-Balloune
2011
Short film, fiction | HD | 8 min
Screenwriter, Co-cirector & Co-producer
Production Romance Polanski
FESTIVALS
Official Selection for Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois, Montreal - 2012
Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, Canada- 2012
Just for Laughs Film Festival, Canada - 2012
Barcelona Sports Film Festival, Spain - 2012
Marshmallow
2010
Short film | fiction | HD | 13 min
Screenwriter and co-director
Production: Fiat + | Lux média
FESTIVALS
In Selection Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois - 2010
Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal - 2010
FICFA – 2010
TV Shows
Lay Low
In development (2022)
TV Series - fiction
Coscreenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux & Nicolas Krief
Production Marc-André Grondin & Groupe Fairplay
Lourd
2015-2016
TV series | 3 episodes
Screenwriter
Production Attraction Images | Diffusion Vrak.TV
Web Therapy
2015-2016
Fiction | 21 episodes
Co-writer | Director Christian Laurence
Production Attraction Images | Broadcasting TV5
SNL Qc (Le Nouveau Show)
2015-2016
Variety show | 13 episodes
Co-author
Production Fairplay | Broadcasting Ici ARTV et Ici Radio-Canada Télé
La Théorie du K.O. season 2
2015
Fiction | 13 episodes and Additional texts
Production Cinémaginaire | Broadcasting Ici Radio-Canada Télé
SNL Qc seasons 1 & 2
2014-2015
Variety show | 10 episodes
Co-author
Production Fairplay | Broadcasting Télé-Québec
Les Pêcheurs season 1
2013
Site com
Co-Screenwriter of 1 episode
Production Solofilms & Juste pour Rire | Broadcasting Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Prière de ne pas envoyer de fleurs seasons 2 & 3
2012-2013
Variety show | 13 episodes
Co-Screenwriter of 4 episodes S2
Production Zone III | Broadcasting Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Nominated at Gémeaux Awards 2014 - Best writing - Humor
Web
Le Pool season 1, 2 & 3
2019
Webserie | 24 episodes (7-10 min)
Co-writer & actor
Production LibTV | Broadcasting Vidéotron
Le Club de lecture
2014
Webserie | 12 episodes (3 min)
Co-writer & actor
Production LibTV | Broadcasting Vidéotron
Le chum de ma mère est un E.T.
2012
Webserie | Sci-Fi | 12x5 min
Writer
Production Voyons Films | Broadcasting Radio Canada
Award winning project of Fonds Indépendant de Production (FIP)
Nominated at Gémeaux Awards 2013 - Best new media program or series: youth
Le Pixel Mort
2011
Webserie | Sci-Fi | 5x4 min
Writer
Production Voyons Film | Broadcaster TV5
Selected project of TV5 Fonds
Official Selection at Web-TV festival de La Rochelle - 2012
Gémeaux Awards Nomination for Best Program Produced for New-Media Dramatic-Comedy, 2012
Further Experiences
La Forge – Fondation Québec Cinéma – Speaker and script consultant for the 2020 writing residency.