Brigitte Poupart
Trained at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal, Brigitte Poupart is a multidisciplinary artist, theater director, actress, playwright and filmmaker. As an actress, she has appeared in over thirty theatrical productions. She also won an acting award at the Gala Québec Cinéma, in 2018, for her role in Robin Aubert’s Les affamés. She also starred in Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar, in competition at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. She starred in the film Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau, which had its world premiere at TIFF in September 2018. She is also in the cast of David Lambert’s Les Tortues, a Belgian and Quebec co-production with Dave Johns and Olivier Gourmet.
In digital arts, she signs Ciel à Outrances, co-produced with Centre Phi. The installation won two Numix awards. Her short virtual reality film was presented at Cannes in 2017. She also directed Cirque du Soleil’s show Luzia. Presented in several countries, her moving documentary Over My Dead Body, which she describes as her landmark work, was awarded a Jutra and the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Her second feature-length documentary, À Travers Tes Yeux, was released in 2026. She co-directed a short film, UWD, with Myriam Verreault, produced by Transthéâtre and Voyelles Films. The short won several awards and was screened over 35 festivals. She designed an immersive exhibition for the Musée de la Marine in Paris with the Lucid Realities company. His feature film Où vont les âmes was screened in competition at Cinémania and FiFF Namur in 2025.