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Brielle LeBlanc (they/she) is an emerging filmmaker based in Mi’kma’ki: Nova Scotia. Their debut short “The Year Long Boulder” (2022) won the NewFest + Vimeo Award for First-Time Filmmaker at NewFest: The New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, before it was released online as a Vimeo Staff Pick. LeBlanc co-founded Fleapit Cinema, a screening series that showcases independent contemporary Canadian cinema, where they’ve hosted artist talks with some of the country’s most exciting voices.
They have worked with the Atlantic International Film Festival, the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Women in Film and Television - Atlantic, and are currently employed at the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. LeBlanc has over five years of experience in communications, marketing, and graphic design.
LeBlanc is a harpist of twenty years and contributed to the scores of Pan & Syrinx by A. Laurel Lawrence and Glory’s Hole Antiverse by Kay Slauenwhite.
They have a Bachelor of Arts from the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University, where they majored in Cinema and Media Studies and double-minored in English and Contemporary Studies.
In their free time, LeBlanc likes to hang out with their senior cat, cook food with their friends, and garden with their mom.