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Guylaine Dionne has been working in film and television for fifteen-plus years, both in fiction as well as in documentary. She has directed several projects, such as the short film Les Frissons d’Agathe, and Les rêves secrets des Tarahumaras, which was nominated for a Gémeaux as Best Documentary Series. She oversaw the production of Amérique 500 in ten countries all over the Americas, which lead to a Gémeaux nomination for Best Research and a Gémeaux award for Best Documentary Series. Her first feature-length fiction film, Les Fantômes des Trois Madeleine, premiered at the Director’s Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival in 2000, and went on to play festivals all over Europe, and North and South America. Her 2004 docu-drama Mary Shelley won the Lanterna Magica award for best documentary in Tours, during the Festival l’Encre à l’écran. Guylaine was the recipient of the 2006 Don Haig Award in celebration of her work as a creator both in fiction and in documentary. Her latest feature film Serveuses Demandées is a compassionate, complex drama. She studied film at Concordia University, now known as The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, where she has taught Film Production since 2000 and she became head of the MFA program this year. She also has a D.E.A. in film from the University of Strasbourg.