Anais Barbeau-Lavalette

Born in 1979, and named an Artist for Peace in 2012, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette has directed several award-winning documentary features. She also directed two fiction features: Le Ring (2008) and Inch'allah (2012), which received the Fipresci Prize in Berlin. She is the author of the travelogue Embrasser Yasser Arafat (2011) and the novels Je voudrais qu'on m'efface ( Neighbourhood Watch ) and the international bestseller Le femme qui fuit ( Suzanne ), Prix des libraires du Québec, Prix France-Qu...See more

Born in 1979, and named an Artist for Peace in 2012, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette has directed several award-winning documentary features. She also directed two fiction features: Le Ring (2008) and Inch'allah (2012), which received the Fipresci Prize in Berlin. She is the author of the travelogue Embrasser Yasser Arafat (2011) and the novels Je voudrais qu'on m'efface ( Neighbourhood Watch ) and the international bestseller Le femme qui fuit ( Suzanne ), Prix des libraires du Québec, Prix France-Québec, Prix de la ville de Montréal, and shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award and Canada Reads. See less