Jury members

Daniel Morin
With a degree in screenwriting and history, Daniel Morin has been producing films for more than twenty years now. In 1993, he produced and directed his first fiction feature film called TENDRE GUERRE. Since then, he has produced or co-produced four other fiction feature films: LE SECRET DE CYNDIA by Denyse Benoit, STATION NORD by Jean-Claude Lord, HOW TO CONQUER AMERICA IN ONE NIGHT by Dany Laferrière and FARO by Malian director Salif Traore. Dividing his time between screenwriting and producing, Daniel Morin has been running the film production company Boréal Films Inc. since September 2000. In 2009, he will go back to directing with a road movie called HOLLYWOOD DREAM, which will be freely based on his own life.
 

Fayolle Jean
Born in Les Cayes, Haiti, Fayolle Jean began a brilliant career in radio in 1975. When he came to Quebec in 1979, he founded Les productions Cimage Québec. Fayolle is very active on the Quebec cultural scene: he was a radio host at CKMF 94.3 from 1986-1987 and directed the first Haitian feature film in Canada. Since 1990, Fayolle has been working in Quebec television (Watatatow, Jasmine, Km/h, Pure laine, to name but a few) and cinema (Matusalem, La position de l'escargot, Un dimanche à Kigali) as an actor and as a reporter (Radio-Canada, TVA, Télé-Québec, TV5). Fayolle is also a poet with the following publications under his belt: Symphonie pour une cellule (1982), Tenue de ville (1991) and Complice des voyelles (2005). For several years now, he has been participating in poetry festivals in French-speaking Europe and in Canada, and he has also put out a CD on behalf of Société Paroles called Montréal vu par ses poètes (2006), Dits D'Elles (2008) and Fable Propos (pending). As a director, Fayolle Jean has produced and directed the following films: Tilòm aletranje (1989), Le poids des bottes (2001) and Pataswèl ou La Baffe (2007).
 

Danielle Champoux
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration specializing in Finance from UQAM, Danielle Champoux began her career working as a chief accountant on major Canadian civil engineering projects overseas. After that, she joined the film industry through advertising and documentaries, television series and fiction feature films. Danielle is a freelance producer and production manager. Recently, she was the production manager on the set of Shake Hands with the Devil and the line producer on the set of Un Dimanche à Kigali. Together with Rock Demers, she also produced the film Madame Brouette. Danielle specializes in overseas film shoots, particularly in African countries (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Rwanda, Chad, Tunisia). She is currently in the process of developing various feature-length projects and is also teaching production management in various CEGEPS and specialized schools to help train future generations in this field.