Director of La Moitié gauche du frigo and Congorama, Canada's representative at the 2011 Oscars with Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau is co-president of CINEMANIA's Visages de la Francophonie jury this year.
In Hollywood, he has directed Sigourney Weaver (My Salinger Year) and Reese Witherspoon (The Good Lie). His new Quebec series focuses on the Lac-Mégantic tragedy of July 2013, deconstructing what is still remembered as one of Canada's worst rail disasters. Following a highly acclaimed world premiere this summer at Canneseries, CINEMANIA invites viewers to revisit the first two episodes of this eventful series, in cinema format, at a special screening followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.