Nicolas Krief
Screenwriter | Director | Script Editor
Born of a Tunisian Jewish father and a Saguenay mother, Nicolas Krief is the fruit of a surprising cultural and genetic mix. A screenwriter and passionate cinephile, he has written several projects released in 2020, including the web series Les Fleuristes, as well as The Decline, the first Quebec feature film produced for Netflix. To date, the film has racked up over 30 million views on the famous platform.
In 2022, he released his second feature as co-writer: Very Nice Day, the first Quebec film shot entirely on a cell phone. Les rayons gamma, his third feature as screenwriter, had its world premiere at the 2023 edition of the prestigious San Sebastian Film Festival.
The themes of mixed identity, cultural heritage and filiation are dear to the author, who is currently working on several genre film projects, TV series, and Le Prince, a feature-length adaptation of his short film Opération Carcajou, released in 2021. In 2024, Le Prince won him the Crystal Pen for Best Feature Film Screenplay at the 27th Valence Scenario Festival in France.
Filmography | Web
The Prince
In financing
Feature film
Screenwriter and director
Production Couronne Nord
*Supported in development by Telefilm Canada and SODEC
Crystal Pen for Best Feature Film Screenplay | Valence Scenario Festival | 2024 (France)
Visite Libre
In financing
Feature film
Coscreenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux and original idea
Production : Caramel Films
Too Normal (Trop normale)
In development
Feature film
Director and coscreenwriter with Suzie Bouchard
Production : Objectif 9
The Vet
In development
Feature film
Screenwriter
Production : Objectif 9
The Clinic
In development
Feature film
Coscreenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux
Production : Caramel Films
Operation Sandbox
In development
Feature film
Coscreenwriter with Marc-Antoine Rioux
Production : Caramel Films
Miskine
In development
Feature film
Screenwriter
Production : 1976 Films
Friday Night (Vendredi soir)
2024
Short film, fiction
Screenwriter, director and producer
Production: Couronne Nord & Krief Business International
*Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant
*Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec production grant
*SODEC production grant
*FESTIVALS
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ) | 2024 (Québec)
Gamma Rays (Les Rayons Gamma)
2023
Feature film
Coscreenwriter
Production: La COOP Vidéo
Best Canadian Movie | Festival du film international de Baie-Comeau | 2024
Best Movie | Made Here Film Festival, Vermont | 2024
FESTIVALS
Official competition | Vues du Québec, Festival de cinéma de Florac | 2024
San Sebastian Film Festival | 2023
Best Performance | Festival Cinémania | 2023
Official competition | Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 2023
Giffoni Film Festival | 2024
Finalist at Prix Collégial du Cinéma Québécois | 2024
Very Nice Day (Très belle journée)
2022
Feature film
Co-screenwriter | Director Patrice Laliberté
Production Couronne Nord | Distribution H264
*Production grant from the Talent to Watch program, Téléfilm Canada
*Special mention* | Festival Percéides | 2022
FESTIVALS
Festival Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | 2022
Festival du film de l’Outaouais | 2022
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec | 2022
Syracuse International Film Festival | 2022
Cucalorus Film Festival | 2022
Opération Carcajou
2021
Short film
Screenwriter & Director
Production: Couronne Nord | Distribution: H264
*APQC Award | Gala Prends ça court | 2021
*Québec Gold Award | Gala Prends ça court | 2021
*Prix aide à la distribution (SODEC) | Gala Prends ça court | 2021
*Short Film Corner Cannes | 2021
*Audience Award Télé-Québec | Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 2021
*Best Screenplay Award | Plein(s) Écran(s) | 2023
FESTIVALS
Festival CINÉMANIA | 2021 (Montréal, Québec)
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | 2022 (Canada)
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski | 2022 (Québec)
Regard - Volet Jeunesse | 2022 (Saguenay)
ClujShorts | 2022 (Roumanie)
Canadian Film Fest | 2022 (Canada)
Postira Seaside Film Festival | 2022 (Croatie)
DC Shorts | 2022 (USA)
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ) | 2022 (Québec)
Les Percéides | 2022 (Gaspésie)
Le Cri du Court | 2022 (France)
Off-Courts Trouville | 2022
San Diego International Film Festival | 2022 (USA)
Short that Are Not Pants | 2022 (Toronto, Canada)
Haha Art Film Festival | 2022 (Portugal)
Nitehawk Shorts Festival | 2023 (USA)
Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal (FIFEM) | 2023 (Montreal)
42nd Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival | 2023 (Finland)
The Decline (NETFLIX)
2020
First NETFLIX film from Quebec
Feature film, thriller
Principal screenwriter | Director Patrice Laliberté
Production Couronne Nord | Distribution H264
*NETFLIX hit - 21 million viewers by the 28 first days
Nominations at Iris Awards 2021 : Best First Film | Audience Award
Premiere at Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois | 2020
Globe and Mail's Top Ten
Translated or subtitled in 30 languages
The florists (Les fleuristes)
2020
Fiction webseries
Screenwriter and co-creator
Production: Ugo Média
Financed by Independent Production Fund (FIP), 2019
Laureate of the Créateur en série fund, 2019
Development grant, COGECO fund, 2017
36th Prix Gémeaux - 4 Nominations including Best text: Comedy, 2021
NUMIX Awards - Nomination in the category Webseries: fiction category, 2021
Grand Prize for Best Series | Berlin Webfest | 2020
Best Supporting Actor Award, Melbourne Festival
FESTIVALS
Opening film Festival Court d’un soir 2020
Minnesota Webfest 2020
Festival Serial Killer 2020
London Short Series Festival 2020
Reeperbahn Festival 2020
Skynet
2018
Short film
Screenwriter and director
Production Les films 4C Productions
FESTIVALS
Fantasia | 2018
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival | 2018
Montevideo Fantastico | 2019
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | 2019
Longue vue sur le court | 2019
Les Vigilants
2017
Fiction webseries
Coscreenwriter Vincent Fafard
Production: SPORT
*Winner of the 2016 COGECO FUND development grant
La notion d'erreur
2015
Short film, fiction
Co-screenwriter, co-director, co-producer
FESTIVALS
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | 2015
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois | 2016
Hong Kong Art House Film Festival | 2016
Sydney World Film Festival | 2016
Hollywood Comedy Shorts | 2016
INDIE Hype Film Festival | 2016
Studio 35 Cinema Comedy Film Festival | 2016
Fantasia | 2016
IndieCrete | 2016
Just For Laughs | 2016
Chicago Comedy Film Festival | 2016
Comedy Cluj | 2016
Longue vue sur le court | 2016
Jeux de patience
2015
Short film
Screenwriter, director and producer
Production Kino Kabaret International de Bruxelles
Mamie Jacqueline
2014
Short film
Screenwriter
SARTEC award of the best French screenplay - Cours écrire ton court 2014, comedy special
Finalist Bourse des jeunes mécènes 2015, Conseil des Arts de Montréal
Mon dîner au parc
2014
Short film
Screenwriter, director and co-producer
FESTIVALS
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois | 2014
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay | 2014
Fantasia | 2014
Juste pour rire | 2014
SPASM | 2014
Festival des Maudits Films | 2015
Séfarade
2012
Short film, documentary
Screenwriter, director and co-producer
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | 2012
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois | 2013
Television
The Cat Man (L'homme aux chats)
In development
Fiction TV Series
Coscreenwriter
Production Sphère Média
La dérape
2020
Season 3, episode 35
Co-screenwriter
Production Parallaxes | Broadcast Club Illico
Gala Québec Cinéma des artisans
2018-2019
Author for hosting texts
Production FairPlay