Directing

Noël Mitrani

Biography

Born in Toronto in 1969 from French parents, Noël Mitrani is a film director, producer and screenwriter. He shared his childhood between Ontario and France. A graduate of History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne, Noël Mitrani directed his first short film After Shave in 1999, a comedy set in a suburban supermarket. Three other short films followed, the last of which Les Siens addresses the confusion possible between dream and reality. In 2004, he moved to Montreal and directed his first feature film, Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi, a black comedy starring Laurent Lucas. This film won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s Toronto Film Festival. His second picture The Kate Logan Affair (2010), a dark and mysterious thriller starring Alexis Bledel, is widely distributed in the world. His third picture The Military man is a drama about a former French soldier, the trauma caused by his memories of the conflict leads him towards an unhealthy relationship with women. In Après coup (2017), Mitrani dissects the insidiousness of guilt as well as the unsuspected possibilities of survival. In Cassy (2019), childhood and grieving confront some hot-button issues when sexual harassment enters the scene. Natacha Mitrani, the director’s daughter, is heartbreaking in the challenging role of Cassy. Toutes les deux (Between Them, 2021) is a spy comedy that tells the attraction between two women against a background of male jealousy.