Florence Lafond
Screenwriter | Director
Florence Lafond is a screenwriter and director. She is co-writer of the series Wipe Me Away (Je voudrais qu’on m’efface), the adaptation of the novel by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, directed by Eric Piccoli, and produced by Babel Films. She is the winner of the Prix Gémeaux for Best Digital Dramatic Series and the series has been selected and Premiered at Canneseries 2021. Florence is a finalist in the 2019-2020 edition of the Cours écrire ton court SODEC competition for her screenplay Jusqu’à ce que tu meures, also the recipient of a production grant at CALQ 2021, and most recently received the SODEC support for the development of her project Caller Malade (2022).
Filmography | TV | Web
Wipe Me Away – Season 2
In post-production
TV series | based on the novel by Anaïs Barbeau Lavalette
Co-screenwriter with Eric Piccoli (Director)
Production Babel Films | Broadcasting Ici.tou.tv
Caller Malade
In development
Wipe Me Away (Je voudrais qu’on m’efface)
2020
TV series | based on the novel by Anaïs Barbeau Lavalette
Co-screenwriter with Eric Piccoli
Production: Babel Films | Diffusion Tou.tv
* The series has been selected and Premiered at Canneseries 2021
Official selection at Canneseries, 2021
Best Webseries Award - Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2021
36e Prix Gémeaux 2021 - Winner of Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Original Digital Drama Series, Best Actor and 8 Nominations
Dior Revelation Award (Malik Gervais-Aubourg) plus one Nomination, Canneseries 2021
Prix Coup de Coeur Fonds Bell, Festival du cinéma en Abiti-Témiscamingue 2021
4 Awards at the NYC Web Fest includinf Best Screenplay (Eric Piccoli and Florence Lafond)
New Jersey WebFest 2022 - 2 Nominations for Best Drama Series and Best Screenplay Eric Piccoli and Florence Lafond, USA
Nouvelle Vague Awards 2022, Winner of Best Screenplay (Eric Piccoli & Florence Lafond) and Best Director (Eric Piccoli), Marseille, France
T.O. WebFes 2022, Toronto, Canada - Winner of Best Drama Series and Best Screenplay (Florence Lafond & Eric Piccoli)
Cinema Jove 2022, Valencia, Spain - Award of the Young Jury for Best Web Series Fiction
BUEIFF Web Series 2022, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Philippe St-Gelais)
Numix 2022, Montreal, Quebec - Best Web Series Fiction
Festival Internacional De Cine De Medellín 2022, Colombia - Best Web Series
Festival TV de Luchon 2022, France - Best Screenplay (Florence Lafond & Eric Piccoli), Best Program Short, Best Foreign Fiction and Best Program without Drones
Rome International Movie Award 2022, Italia - Best TV Web Series, Best Director (Eric Piccoli),
Best Supporting Role Sarah-Maxine Racicot, Best Young Actress Charlee-Ann Paul and Best Young Actor Malik Gervais-Aubourg
Marseille Series Stories 2021, France - Jury Award and Public Choice Award
NYC Web Series Festival 2021, New York, USA - 4 Awards for Best Screenplay Florence Lafond & Eric Piccoli, Best Actress Sarah-Maxine Racicot, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Julie Perreault
and Best Actor in a Supporting Role Anglesh Major and 11 Nominations total
FESTIVALS
Sidewalk Film Festival — 2022, Birmingham, USA
Seoul-WebFest — 2022, Seoul South, Korea
BraveMaker — 2022, Redwood, USA
Apulia Web Fest— 2022, Apulia Italia
Caorle Film Festival — 2022, Caorle, Italia
Miami Web Series Festival — 2022, Miami, USA
Florida Film Festival — 2022, Florida, USA
Die Seriale — 2022, Giessen, Germany
Minnesota WebFest — 2022, Minnesota, USA
Slamdance Film Festival — 2021, Park City, USA
Marseille Series stories - Official Selection, 2021, FRance
Seriesland - Official Selection, 2021,
Baltimore Next Media Webfest - Official Selection, 2021, USA
Jusqu’à ce que tu meures
In development
Short film
Screenwriter and director
*Finaliste au concours Cours écrire ton court SODEC édition 2019-2020
*Récipiendaire d’une bourse en production au CALQ 2021
The Team (L’Équipe)
In development
TV series
Screenwriter | Directed by Eric Piccoli
Avenue Productions
Viral
In development
TV series | based on the novel by Mauricio Segura
Screenwriter | Directed by Onur Karaman
Production Ugo Média
La canicule des pauvres
In development
TV series | based on the novel by Jean-Simon Desrochers
Sceenwriter | Directed by Éric Piccoli
Meute
2018
Short film
Director
Production Béatrice Leclerc | Diffusé par Spira
Winner of a special mention from the jury at the Regard festival (Tourner à tout prix selection)
Selected for the Clermont-Ferrand short film festival
Winner of the second Solveig Anspach prize - 2019, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Short of the week: Vimeo - November 2020
Selected for the Dresden Film Festival / Fantasia / Percéïdes / RVCQ and more than
more than 20 other festivals.
Fumigènes
2016
Court-métrage - Graduation film at UQÀM.
Director
Production Béatrice Leclerc | Diffusion Spira
Winner of the best graduation film and recipient of a $20,000 grant from Post Moderne, SLA production and Premium Sound.
Winner of the Best Direction by a Woman award at the Quebec City Student Film Festival.
Special mention from the student jury at the Quebec City Film Festival.
Selected in more than twenty festivals.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Scriptwriter on more than ten Quebec series and feature films. Ex: Jusqu'au déclin (Netflix), Fabuleuse (Go Films), Jérémie seasons 4-5 (Zone 3), etc.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree - Cinema Communication - Directing Profile, École des médias, Université du Québec à Montréal | 2013-2016
* Recipient of the best graduation film award from the School of Media.
Minor in Literary Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal | 2020-2021