
Amélie Hardy
Directing
Biography
After studying cinema at UQÀM, Amélie quickly established her mark in the film industry by directing several short films and series (Hello Stranger, About Memory and Loss, Chroniques de la vie ordinaire, Happy Life, Train Hopper). Her projects have distinguished themselves at festivals such as SXSW, Hot-Docs, FIFF Namur, PalmSprings, Kurtzfilmtage Winterthur, Regard, etc. Her cinematic approach, combining humanity, aesthetics and ingenuity in staging reality, defines her artistic signature.
Known For

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.
A Wolf in the Suburbs
Like a modern confessional, a photo booth collects the confidences of Montrealers from different generations and backgrounds, in which they share their concerns, hopes, and cherished memories.
Chroniques de la vie ordinaire

At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition journey of a young trans woman named Cooper Josephine. With humor, the film revisits key moments of her life from her childhood in a small fishing village of the east coast of Canada to her tumultuous medical process. Through the re-enactment of her memories, Cooper Josephine attempts to make peace with the last masculine imprint on her body: that unfortunate deep voice that sticks to her skin.
Hello Stranger

Immersed in a world halfway between reality and a dream, Agnes will have to confront her mourning.
She Who Wears the Rain

Young people wonder what their future profession should be. While the ambitions of some are brimming with ideas of grandeur, for others the horizon seems blurred and dizzying. In a series of sessions with a guidance counselor, they reveal their true selves.
Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic

Capture, document, record, share, restart. We are making ourselves more memorable than ever by archiving every bit of our daily lives. What if we lost something along the way?
About Memory and Loss

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Richard Superstar

In this anxious and hectic time, Happy Life explores those unusual outlets that soothe the turmoil of the body and mind. In a meditative journey through these analgesic places, this documentary essay paints a portrait of a society in seek of meaning and relief.
Happy Life

A young man travels across America hopping from one freight train to another.