Marie-Julie Dallaire

Her latest film, “murmures – murmurs”, a cinematic essay inviting audiences on an immersive journey into the living world, will be released in fall 2026. With no human presence other than the music composed by Anaïs Larocque and performed by the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the film explores the daily lives, consciousness and emotions of our fellow creatures, the animals with whom we share the planet.

“Comme une vague – Big Giant Wave”, produced in collaboration with Jean-Marc Vallée and released in 2021, won three Iris Awards at the 2022 Québec Cinéma Awards (Best Documentary, Best Cinematography and Best Editing), as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Les Percéides Film Festival and the Navarra International Film Festival in Spain. In April 2024, the film received the Prix des Lycéens du Cinéma Québécois in France.

In 2020, she directed “L’impossible été de Jules”, a short film about the beginning of the pandemic, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

In 2015, Denis Villeneuve entrusted her with directing the second unit of “Arrival”.

In 2007, she received two awards: a Gémeaux Award for “Marie-Antoinette sur fond vert” and the Dworkin Foundation Award for “Notre père” which was also nominated for a Jutra Award.

In 1996, she co-directed “Cosmos”, which received the Prix des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. She first gained recognition as a participant in La Course destination monde 1993–1994, a landmark Québec television travel series.

Marie-Julie is currently working on “Cut Print Thank You Bye”, a tribute film to the late Québec filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, produced by Item 7.

Alongside this project, she is developing two feature films: “Un œil sur toi” with Micheline Lanctôt and currently in financing through Stopfilms and Item7, and “Je ne suis pas seule dans ma tête” (working title), currently in development with Item 7.