Emmanuel Tardif

{{Short description|Canadian (Quebec) film director}}

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Emmanuel Tardif (also known as Emmanuel Gendron-Tardif) is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter from Quebec.Marie-Ève Lambert, [https://www.lavoixdelest.ca/2020/08/12/un-film-demmanuel-tardif-tourne-a-st-paul-dabbotsford-d4d9794817fb2f0d8e09d7c0b154079b "Un film d’Emmanuel Tardif tourné à St-Paul-d’Abbotsford"]. La Voix de l'Est, August 12, 2020. He is most noted for his 2022 film In Broad Daylight (Au grand jour), which premiered in the Proxima competition for emerging filmmakers at the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.Melanie Goodfellow, [https://deadline.com/video/trailer-in-broad-daylight-karlovy-vary-canada/ "‘In Broad Daylight’: First-Look Trailer For Canadian Karlovy Vary Title"]. Deadline Hollywood, June 27, 2022.

An alumnus of Concordia University, Tardif made the short films Desire (2015), Miami (2016) and Sunrise (2016) before releasing his full-length debut film Speak Love in 2019.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/speak-love-emmanuel-tardif/ "Speak Love – Film de Emmanuel Tardif"]. Films du Québec, May 2, 2020. He followed up in 2021 with Heirdoms (Soumissions).Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/soumissions-emmanuel-tardif/ "Soumissions – Film de Emmanuel Tardif"]. Films du Québec, October 3, 2021.

With Léa Roy and Marie-Élaine Bédard, Tardif formed the production company Les Rapailleurs.

On January 26, 2023, Tardif was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother, Lysane Gendron,{{cite web |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/emmanuel-gendron-tardif-charged-second-degree-murder-of-mother-1.6727579 |title=Son, 28, charged in killing of mother in Montreal's 1st homicide of 2023 |last= |first= |date=January 26, 2023 |website=CBC News Montreal|publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=February 1, 2023 |quote=}} who was found dead in a Fullum Street apartment in Montreal on January 25.{{cite web |url= https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/man-with-family-connection-to-face-charges-in-montreals-first-homicide-of-2023 |title= Son charged with murdering Laval city executive |last=Cherry |first=Paul |date=January 26, 2023 |website=Montreal Gazette|access-date=February 1, 2023 |quote=Her body was discovered Wednesday by police in an apartment on Fullum St. in the Centre-Sud district. }} His arrest scuppered the planned commercial release of In Broad Daylight.Constance Cazzanigga, [https://journalmetro.com/culture/ecrans/2992581/sortie-annulee-pour-au-grand-jour-apres-larrestation-de-son-realisateur/ "Sortie annulée pour «Au grand jour» après l’arrestation de son réalisateur"]. Métro, January 26, 2023. He believed his life was like the 1998 film The Truman Show and that his mother was not his real mother. He suffers from schizophrenia and was found to be not criminally responsible for killing her. He is confined to the Philippe-Pinel psychiatric hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-filmmaker-who-killed-his-mother-declared-not-criminally-responsible-due-to-mental-illness/|title=Montreal filmmaker who killed his mother declared not criminally responsible due to mental illness|first=Joe|last=Lofaro|website=CTV News|date=April 16, 2025|access-date=April 16, 2025}}