Nicolas Lachapelle

Nicolas Lachapelle is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec.Fanny Bourel, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2031083/retour-a-normetal-documentaire-sonore-nicolas-lachapelle "Retour à Normétal, du « cinéma pour les oreilles » sur le déracinement"]. Ici Radio-Canada, November 29, 2023. He is most noted for his 2022 short documentary film Zug Island, which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023,[https://ctvm.info/quebec-cinema-devoile-les-finalistes-aux-prix-iris-2023/ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023"]. CTVM, November 14, 2023. and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[https://www.northernstars.ca/blackberry-leads-csa-nominations/ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations"]. Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.

His prior films have included Lights Above Water (Lumières sur l'eau) and What Remains When We're Gone (Le Monde après nous).[https://ctvm.info/cinedit-le-monde-apres-nous-de-nicolas-lachapelle-a-laffiche-le-7-novembre-2022/ "Cinédit : « Le monde après nous » de Nicolas Lachapelle à l’affiche le 7 novembre 2022"]. CTVM, November 3, 2022. In 2023 he released Retour à Normétal, a sound documentary about the Quebec mining town of Normétal. In 2024, he published La Chasse Interdite, a book and sound documentary following a hunting expedition in the Innu community of Pakua Shipi on the Basse-Côte-Nord.{{Cite web |last=Hébert-Dolbec |first=Anne-Frédérique |date=2024-12-07 |title=«La chasse interdite»: un allochtone invité à la chasse |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/825333/chasse-interdite-allochtone-invite-chasse |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}} The project takes the form of an art book, a photo report and a sound documentary.