Nicolas Krief
Screenwriter | Director
Born of a Tunisian Jewish father and a Saguenay mother, Nicolas Krief is the fruit of a surprising cultural and genetic mix. In 2012, he began his career by writing and directing the short documentary film Séfarade. In 2014, he won the SARTEC prize for the workshop Cours écrire ton court. In 2015, he co-wrote and co-directed the short film The Notion of Mistake, presented at several worldwide festivals.
Within a fruitful collaboration, Nicolas co-writes with director Patrice Laliberté his first feature films. In 2018, they wrote with Guillaume Laurin Very Nice Day, the first entirely filmed with a cell phone in Quebec.
This collaboration continues with The Decline, Netflix’s first Quebec film, for which he wrote the screenplay with Patrice Laliberté and Charles Dionne. Produced by Couronne Nord, the much-anticipated feature will be available in more than 40 countries in 2020.
This year will also signal the release of Les fleuristes, a web series written by the author, which will be broadcast onTV5 web platforms and Télé-Québec. This project allows him to address themes dear to him, such as cultural diversity and filiation. Themes are also addressed in Opération Carcajou, a short autobiographical film he will direct in the summer of 2020.
Nicolas is also working on several feature films, including a horror screenplay about a Quebec mystic from the early 20th century, produced by Stéphanie Morissette at La Maison de Prod, and Open Hours, a slasher about gentrification and real estate development produced by Caramel Films.
Filmography
Opération Carcajou
2021
Short film
Screenwriter & Director
Production: Couronne Nord | Distribution: H264
FESTIVALS
Prends Ça Court! - Official selection, Montréal 2021
Short films Corner - Festival de Cannes, 2021
The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin)
NETFLIX March 27. 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
IRIS Awards - 7 Nominations at Gala Quéebec Cinéma including Best First Film (Patrice Laliberté)- 1st screenplay Nicolas Krief, Charles Dionne, Patrice Laliberté
FESTIVALS
RVQC 2020
Globe and Mail's Top Ten
NETFLIX hit - 21 million viewers by the 28 first days - translated or subtitled in 30 languages
Très belle journée
In post-production
Feature film
Co-screenwriter | Director Patrice Laliberté
Production Couronne Nord
*Production grant from the Talent to Watch program, Téléfilm Canada
Comment détruire l'internet
In development
Short film
Co-screenwriter | Réalisation Patrice Laliberté
Production Couronne Nord
Un citoyen
In development
Short film
Screenwriter and director
Production Bravo Charlie
*Writing grant for young writers, SODEC
Nos rêves familiers
In development
Feature film
Co-screenwriter | Director Jean-Carl Boucher
Production Metafilms
Skynet
2018
Short film
Screenwriter and director
Production Les films 4C Productions
FESTIVALS
Fantasia 2018
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival 2018
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
La dérape
In production
Season 3, episode 35
Co-screenwriter
Production Parallaxes | Broadcast Club Illico
Gala Québec Cinéma des artisans
2018-2019
Author for hosting texts
Production FairPlay
Web
Les fleuristes
2021
Fiction webseries
Screenwriter and co-creator
Production: Ugo Média
Financing by the Independent Production Fund, 2019
Laureate of the Créateur en série fund, 2019
Development grant, COGECO fund, 2017
36e Prix Gémeaux - 4 Nominations including Best text: Comedy, 2021
NUMIX Awards - Nomination in the category Webseries: fiction category, 2021
Les vigilants
In development
Fiction webseries
Screenwriter
Production: SPORT
*Lauréat de la bourse de développement du FOND COGECO 2016
Herby
2017
Webseries
Screenwriter, clips
Poduction St-Laurent TV
Experience in programming and festivals
Cinéma 1999 (series of projections, 35mm films, at the Bar le Ritz PDB)
2018
Scheduler
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2016 – today
Member of the short film preselection comity
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s)
2016 – today
Hostin Q&A’s throught Facebook live Animation des Q&A during the festival
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
2016
Coordination for the Marché du documentaire.
Experience in visual research and advertising
Visual research for advertisement pitch
2014 until today
Researcher of video clips for Sid Lee, Gorditos, La cavalerie, Antler, Bleu Blanc Rouge and many other advertisement companies.
Writer for advertisement pitch
2014 until today
Drafting of production process, in collaboration with the directors.
Dans la bulle de Prise 2 (Variety show)
2014
Visual archive researcher
Production: TVA Productions
Gala des Jutra (Awards ceremony)
2014 & 2015
Visual archive researcher
Production FairPlay
Related experiences
Nouvelle vague
2018
Movie commentator on the radio | Ici Radio-Canada Première
Wapikoni Mobile
2017
Filmmaker guide during the Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam stopover
Les Films Séville
2011-2013
DVD and Blu-ray content manager
Funfilm distribution
2010-2011
DVD and Blu-ray content manager