Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais graduated in film studies from the University of Montréal. He is a renowned director of commercials, and many of his hundreds of ad campaigns have been presented at specialized festivals in Cannes, New York, London, and Toronto where they have regularly won prizes. He is also a three-time winner of Québec’s Créa advertising award. Before beginning to direct, he set his film career in motion as an editor and actor (e.g. The Day After Tomorrow, 2004). His short movie Marius Borodine (2010) sparked interest at international film festivals around the world and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Short Film. The black comedy Whitewash is his feature debut as a writer and director. At present he is at work on another picture, Birthmarked.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
