Rémi Fréchette
Directing
Biography
Rémi Fréchette is a director, screenwriter and editor who specializes in fiction, more specifically in genre cinema. He graduated from Concordia University with a degree in film production, and has also been involved in the Kino movement, making dozens of short films over the past fifteen years. His most notable projects, which have traveled the world, are Les Jaunes (webseries and feature film - 2013), L'étrange province (webseries - 2015), Montréal Dead End (feature film - 2018) and Première vague (feature film - 2021), which was released theatrically. He is also very active at festivals with his short films, such as A Night of Sweats, which has played over 25 times in Quebec and continues to be screened, or his short Family Feast from the feature Deathcember, an international anthology of horror films alongside cult directors. Alongside his projects, he divides his time between directing and editing for web and TV. He was director of Fantastiques week-ends, the Quebec section of the Fantasia festival, for 7 years, as well as co-host of the Point de vues podcast for 8 years (214 episodes) until 2020.
Known For
Two grocery store clerks find themselves in the midst of a mysterious invasion of yellow crawling brains that contaminate the population and turn them into zombies.
The Yellows
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Horreur Xpress
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L'Aftershow de Predj
Policewoman Marjolaine Coppola is trying to find her sister, who was kidnapped on the same day their parents were murdered. The group responsible is believed to be working for Franz DeMann, the megalomaniac businessman trying to become mayor of Ridgeway City. Following an attempt on his life, Marjolaine finds herself teamed up with Tie Man, a vigilante who was victimized by the same men, and who has only one thing on his mind: revenge!
Tie Man
Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days.
Deathcember
Two strangers meet by chance on the side of the road: Oli wants to go to Rouyn-Noranda, Camille wants to go - anywhere but here. Driven by mysterious signs from the universe, they agree to share the road together.
Anywhere but here
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En entretien avec...
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L'enfer, c'est chez nous
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Sur la route de l'horreur
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Tour de force
Marjolaine, model police officer, hasn't been the same since her parents were murdered and her sister kidnapped. She joins forces with TIE MAN, a disfigured vigilante to seek revenge against the man responsible, the power mad Franz DeMann.
Tie Man
A fantasy anthology of 15 segments each dealing with a specific neighbourhood of Montreal and its signature idiosyncrasies. This terrifying tour-of-the-town captures neighbourhoods, buildings and iconic locations from North America's Amsterdam, shedding the straightforward storyline for a narrative melting-pot filled with demons, shadowy humanoids and disgusting otherworldly beings.
Montréal Dead End
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Diva
After running out of alternatives, Mel, 22, leaves her 3 and 6 year-old children alone in her apartment for the night in order to meet the man she loves. Her recklessness, however, will bear tragic consequences.
Baby Blues
Reenactment of an iconic accident that happened in Trois-Rivière involving Yolande Ouellet and some teenage bums, that brought her in front of a judge in April 2000. This moment will become viral in Quebec internet culture.
Bums - Remake Of A Miscellaneous News Item
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There's a Gorilla in the Closet
In 1964, during the construction of an electric dam, a macabre discovery causes a serious incident. Thinking that the communication outage on the construction site is caused by a broken telephone line, Raymond and Fleurian are sent to the site to repair it. They will be the first to discover what really happened to the workers...
The Dam
Two strangers meet by chance on the side of the road: Oli wants to go to Rouyn-Noranda, Camille wants to go - anywhere but here. Driven by mysterious signs from the universe, they agree to share the road together.
Ailleurs qu'icitte
An epidemic of yellow crawling brains threatens the lives of inhabitants in a reclusive Northern Quebec town.
The Yellows
March 12, 2020. COVID-19 has just been declared a global pandemic, confinement measures are being implemented all across the world. Fanny, Samuel, Marianne and Daniel, four Montrealers from very different backgrounds, must now adapt to this new reality. What they believe to be a temporary situation will turn into a long ordeal that will change their lives forever. Between reality and fiction, Première vague is a portrait of the first 100 days of the pandemic in the city of Montreal, Canada.