Herd Leader

2012 Canadian film

Herd Leader
Film poster

French	Chef de meute

Directed by	Chloé Robichaud
Written by	Chloé Robichaud
Produced by	Fanny-Laure Malo Chloé Robichaud Sarah Pellerin
Starring	Ève Duranceau
Cinematography	Jessica Lee Gagné
Edited by	Chloé Robichaud
Production companies	La Boîte à Fanny Les films de la meute
Release date	May 26, 2012 (2012-05-26) (Cannes)
Running time	13 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Herd Leader (French: Chef de meute) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Chloé Robichaud and released in 2012.^[1] The film stars Ève Duranceau as Clara, a shy woman who must build confidence in herself when she inherits her late aunt's dog and has to learn how to train it.^[2]

The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, in the competitive short film program,^[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012.^[5] In 2013, it was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards^[6] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.^[7]

References

^ "Cannes: Filmmaker Chloé Robichaud Discusses ‘Chef de Meute’". Backstage, May 19, 2012.
^ "Chloé Robichaud : La chef de meute". Quartier libre, November 27, 2012.
^ "Québécois à la conquête de Cannes : Chloé Robichaud, Marie-Ève Juste, Danny Lennon, Juan Andres Arango, Karim Hussain et Xavier Dolan". Voir, May 17, 2012.
^ Peter Knegt, "TIFF List 2012: A Complete List of All Films at the Toronto International Film Festival". IndieWire, September 5, 2012.
^ "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.
^ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.
^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013.