Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

As part of a new wave of emerging Canadian filmmakers, Quebec-based actor turned director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais caught the attention of the international film community with his first feature film, "Whitewash" (2012), which earned him the Best New Narrative Director prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013. The multitalented Hoss-Desmarais honed his aesthetic directing over 100 television commercials, which earned him numerous accolades in the advertising industry. After doing commercial work for over a decade, he wrote and produced his own short films, which then led to his first feature.