Albéric Aurtenèche

{{Short description|Canadian film director}}

Albéric Aurtenèche is a Canadian film director.Jean-Baptiste Hervé, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2017/03/18/portrait-de-regard-alberic-aurteneche-un-cineaste-de-labsence-au-monde/ "Portrait de Regard : Albéric Aurtenèche, un cinéaste de l’absence au monde"]. Voir, March 18, 2017. He is most noted for his short film Opening Up (M'ouvrir), which won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011.Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/318731/13e-gala-des-jutra-incendies-la-grande-moisson "13e gala des Jutra - Incendies: la grande moisson"]. Le Devoir, March 14, 2011.

Born in Paris, France and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he studied film at Concordia University. In addition to Opening Up, he has also directed the short films Non-lieu (2006), L'appel du vide (2008), Sigismond sans images (2016) and Que votre empire s'étende (2019).

His debut feature film, La Contemplation du mystère, entered production in 2019,Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/11/13/metafilms-gets-to-work-on-alberic-aurteneches-feature-debut/ "Metafilms gets to work on Alberic Aurteneche’s feature debut"]. Playback, November 13, 2019. and was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2020.[https://playbackonline.ca/2020/09/18/in-brief-latimer-deer-among-dgcs-discovery-long-list/ "In brief: Latimer, Deer among DGC’s Discovery long list"]. Playback, September 18, 2020.