JEFFREY ST-JULES

PRESS

  • BIO
  • PRESS
  • LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE SWAMP
  • THE TRAGIC STORY OF NLING
  • THE SADNESS OF JOHNSON JOE JANGLES
  • THE LONG AUTUMN
  • MUSIC VIDEOS
  • ACCOLADES
BANG BANG BABY

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (2014)
Winner - Best Canadian First Feature

CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS (2015)
Winner- Claude Jutra Award for best first feature
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - Justin Chatwin
Nominated - Best Overall Sound

SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL (2015)
Spirit Award for Independent Cinema

LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE SWAMP

YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL - GOLDEN SHEAF AWARDS (May 2013)
Best of the Festival Award
Best Experimental Film Award

CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS (2013)
Nominated for best short documentary

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Sept. 2012)
Official Selection

PLUS CAMERIMAGE (Nov. 2013)
Official Selection

RIDM (Nov. 2012)
Official Selection

An outstanding meta-documentary.  ****1/2 stars
-Cinemablographer

A compelling, funny, and ultimately moving examination of family skeletons.
-Toronto Film Scene 

The miracle of this ambitious film is that it consistently succeeds in distancing viewers, then grabs them by the throat during a climax in which aesthetic games give way to pure emotion.
-Rencontres Internationales du documentaire de Montreal

THE TRAGIC STORY OF NLING

GENIE AWARDS
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection

BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
Just for Laughs Festival

HONORABLE MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Nashville Film Festival

MERIT AWARD FOR ANIMATION
Arizona Film Festival

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-TRADITIONAL ANIMATION
1 Reel Film Festival

ASPEN SHORTSFEST
Official Selection

AFI FEST
Official Selection

For its sheer audacity and striking originality, this is the year's best short subject.
-Film Threat

…A succinct and multi-layered story about morality that even Nietzsche would be pleased with.
-AnE Vibe

Extremely talented Canadian filmmaker St. Jules unleashes a surreal society in which crazed alcoholics will turn against everyone, even talking donkeys.
-Indiewire

Deemed a future cult classic by Indiewire.

THE SADNESS OF JOHNSON JOE JANGLES

BEST EMERGING CANADIAN FILMMAKER
Worldwide Short Film Festival – 2005

MOST ORIGINAL IDEA AWARD
Cittadella del Corto Film Festival – 2005

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection – 2004

FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE
Official Selection – 2004

MILANO FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection – 2004

Strangely Poignant - Xtra

Affiliations:

Cannes Festival Residence Alumni
Canadian Film Centre Alumni
Concordia University Alumni (major:Film Production, minor: Creative Writing)