Photo credit : Claudie-Ann Landry

Miryam Charles

Filmmaker | Director of Photography

Miryam Charles is a Haitian-Canadian director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film This House was presented at the Berlinale, the AFI film festival this year and was also included in the TIFF Top 10 of the year. She also launched the short film At Dusk at the Locarno Film Festival. As a producer, she is currently working on the post-production of the series Still I Rise.

Filmography

This House (Cette Maison)

2022

Screenwriter | Director
Production Les films de l’embuscade (Félix Dufour-Laperrière)
*World Premiered at Berlinale 2022
* Shcolarship (Bourse) "Fonds des Talents" (Téléfilm Canada), SODEC, Fonds MELS

Le Marabout

In post-production TBR 2022

Feature film
Co-screenwriter | Director
*Sholarship (Bourse) La Forge (Québec Cinéma/ Netflix Canada)
*Fond Harold Greenberg – option

At Dusk (Au crépuscule)

In pre-production

Short Film
Co-screenwriter | Director
Production Coop Vidéo (Karine Bélanger)
*Scholarship (Bourse) SODEC - Emerging Talent

X

In development

Series
Co-screenwriter | Director
Production Trio Orange (Stéphanie Morissette)

The Times (Les Temps)

2021

Short film | Experimental
Director and Screenwriter

Awards

Third Horizon film Festival – Official selection, USA 2021

Song for the New World (Chanson pour le nouveau monde)

Festival submission, TBR 2022

Short film
Screenwriter | Director | Producer
Production Cheminée Deux/Coop Vidéo (Karine Bélanger)
*Scholarship Quebec Council of Arts and Letters

Deuxième génération

2019

Short film experimental
Screenwriter | Director | Cinematographer | Producer
FESTIVALS
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019
Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2019
Third Horizon Film Festival 2020
Cinema on the Bayou 2020
Rendez-vous Québec cinéma 2020

The Red Album or The Poetic Intention ( L’Album rouge ou l’intention poétique) I

2019

Short film
Screenwriter | Director | Cinematographer | Producer
*Scholarship (Bourse) festival du nouveau cinéma – carte blanche
FESTIVALS
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2020
Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2019

A Fortress (Une forteresse)

2018

Short film experimental
Screenwriter | Director | Producer
*Sholarship Labocine | Imagine Science Film Festival

Awards

FESTIVALS
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2018
Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2018
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2019
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin 2019
Dresden international short film Festival 2019
VIS international short film Festival 2019
Festival Longue vue sur le court 2019
Percéïdes 2019
Third Horizon Film Festival 2020

Three Atlas (Drei Atlas)

2018

Short film - experimental
Screenwriter | Director | Producer
*Acquired by the MAC (Musée d'Art Contemporain) of Montréal in the national collection

Awards

Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2018 - Jury’ Special Mention
Rendez-vous Québec cinéma 2019 - Best Work of Art and Experimentation Award
Cinema on the Bayou 2020 - Award for Best Short film of Art & Experimentation
FESTIVALS
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2018
Aguilar Film Festival 2018
Dresden international short film Festival 2019
Port Moody Film Festival 2019
Leiden International Short Film Experience 2019
Sortie en salles avant le long-métrage City Dreamers 2019
Third Horizon Film Festival 2020
Alchemy film festival 2021

Mosaic

2017

Collaborative feature film fiction/experimentation (Directors : Joséphine Decker, Alexis Gambis, Miryam Charles, Barry J.Gibb, Ian Harnarine, Noah Hutton, Demelza Kooji, Jeannette Louis, Rachel Mayeri, Sally Warring)
Co-Director | Co-Screenwriter

Awards

FESTIVAL
Imagine Science Film festival 2017

To the Colonies (Vers les colonies)

2016

Short film - experimental
Screenwriter | Director | Producer

Awards

FESTIVALS
Festival du nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2016
Imagine Science Film festival 2016
Theatrical release (Cinémathèque Québécoise - opening act for the feature film Déserts) 2016
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2017
Dresden film festival 2017
Talent tout court Berlin 2017
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin 2018
Third Horizon Film Festival 2020

Fly, Fly Sadness (Vole, vole tristesse)

2016

Short film - experimental
Screenwriter | Director | Producer

Awards

Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2016 - Best Work of Art and Experimentation Award
Prends ça court 2016 – Winner of the Best Experimental Short Film
FESTIVALS
Festival du nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2015 – Focus Section
Imagine Science Film festival 2015 (New York)
L'Alternativa Independant Film Festival 2015
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016
Vienna Independant Shorts 2016
Encounters Film and Animation festival 2016
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2018 (Special Programming)
Festival 48 images secondes 2018 (Focus Haïti)
Black Canva Film Festival 2018
Third Horizon Film Festival 2020
Forum des images 2020

Cinematography

Demo reel (DOP)

Grenadières

In development, TBR 2022

Feature film - documentary
Cinematography | Script Editor
Director Halima Elkhatabi
Production Les films de L’Autre

Us (Nous)

In production, TBR 2022

Short film
Director of photography
Director Éric Kamala Boulianne
Production Johannie Deschambault
*Scholarship SODEC production

An Alé

In preproduction, TBR 2022

Short film
Director of photography
Director Schelby Jean-Baptiste
Production Annaëlle Béglet
*Scholarship SACD production
*Scholarship Black on Black Films

Feu de Bengale

2014

Short film
Director of photography
Director Olivier Godin
Production Cheminée Deux

The Night of the Falls (La nuit des chutes)

Short Film

Short Film
Director Ariane Bilodeau (post-production)
Producer
* Scholarship Quebec Council of Arts and Letters, SODEC

Stealthily from wild fears (À pas furtifs des peurs sauvages)

2020

Short film
Director Raphaël J.Dostie (post-production)
Executive Producer
*Scholarship Canada Council of Arts and Letters

RETROSPECTIVES
Cinémathèque québécoise - April 2019
Third Horizon Film Festival - February 2020
Union Docs - October 2020

EXHIBITIONS
IN THE NO LONGER NOT YET - Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery – february/april 2020
Or another life - Dazibao – January 2021

PROGRAMME
Focus Québec (Dresden Short Film Festival) - september 2020
Cinéma moderne (Boiling Point) - september 2020/november 2020 (online)
Cinéma moderne (Black Lives Matter) - November 2020
Cinéma moderne (L’autre est toi) - December 2020

COMITTEE
Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Cinémathèque Québécoise
Artistic committee - Cinémathèque Québécoise
Diversity Consultation Committee - Canadian Media Fund

EXECUTIVE BOARD
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL (RIDM) - 2020/2022
Dazibao art center - 2020/2022

JURY
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Canada 2020/2021
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec 2020
Major cities after COVID-19 (Goethe Institute) - october 2020