2020Winner
Best Picture
Bad Seeds
Dominique Chila
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Biography
Dominique CHILA (1974, Montreal) studied photography before setting her sights on film. After completing her Bachelor’s in Film Production at Concordia University in 2000, she began a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Since returning to Montreal in 2003, Chila has worked closely with Samer Najari in creating a number of short films. Arwad (2013) is her first feature-length film and is co-directed by Najari.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2013Nominee
Best Director
Arwad
2009Nominee
Best Performance
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Director
Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky
2006Highlight
Best Performance
Le petit oiseau va sortir