Simon Plouffe is a filmmaker based in Montreal, also known as Tiohtià:ke or Mooniyang. He studied screenwriting at UQAM and cinema at Concordia University, developing a practice focused on creative documentary and sensory storytelling.
His early feature Others' Gold (2011) was screened at festivals such as DOK.fest Munich and the Big Sky Film Festival. He gained further recognition with Those Who Come, Will Hear (2018), which received the Jury Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the award for Best Sound at the Gala Québec Cinéma in 2019.
His short documentary Forests (2022) continued this trajectory, screening at international festivals including Krakow Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival, and being presented at the Hong gah Museum in Taiwan. The film received the Art and Experimentation Award at Rendez vous Québec Cinéma and the Jury Award at the Trento Film Festival in 2023.
Seeing Through the Darkness (2024) is his latest documentary, further exploring his interest in immersive sound and human centred narratives shaped by real world experiences.
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