The company has produced over thirty author-driven films of all formats (shorts & features, documentary & fiction) that were selected and awarded at renowned film festivals such as Venice, Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, TIFF, Locarno, Hot Docs, etc. Some of their titles include The Cut (Best International Short, Sundance 2014), A Colony (Crystal Bear at Berlinale 2019 and Best Motion Picture at Canadian Screen Awards 2019),  Like The Ones I Used To Know (over 30 awards at international film festivals and shortlisted at the Oscars in the Best Live Action Short Film category 2021), Trough The Night (Audience Award in the Giornate section of the Venice Film Festival, 2023). Sarah Mannering has taken part in many development programs such as the Berlinale Talent Campus, the Rotterdam Producers Lab, the Cannes Producers Workshop, HOT DOCS Doc Accelerator Lab, in addition to winning the HOT DOCS 2018 Emerging Filmmaker Award and the Emerging Producer Award presented by AQPM, the Quebec producers’ association.

Company Bio:

Colonelle films is a Montreal-based production company founded in 2012 by three women producers with complimentary skills. With over thirty Art House films of all formats (shorts & features, documentary & fiction), the company has distinguished itself at renowned film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Venice, TIFF, Locarno, Rotterdam. Colonelle films’ producers have also won the HOT DOCS 2018 Emerging Filmmaker Award and the Emerging Producer Award presented by AQPM, the Quebec producers’ association. 

What we work with:

Genres – Arts, Crime, Education, Environment, Gender, Human Interest, Politics, Social Issues, Youth

Lengths/Formats – Feature