Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt

Réalisateur·trice

BIOGRAPHIE

[EN] Michelle is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, writer and actor. Brave Little Army, Michelle’s directorial debut, was made with an all-female crew under her shingle, Black Lab Film Company (blacklabfilmcompany.com). The story of how four girls become lifelong friends in the aftermath of domestic violence, Brave Little Army premiered at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival in 2018 and has since been a selection of 50 international festivals, including the Canadian Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, and the Oscar-qualifying Bogota Short Film Festival. The next film in her female-driven fantasy trilogy, Brave Rebel Army, was produced with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council. A recent alumna of the Women in the Director's Chair - Career Advancement Module, Michelle’s work is a metaphorical examination of how trauma is processed and healed. Rather than re-traumatize audiences with graphic violence, she prefers to use elements of magical realism, providing audiences with an inventive, surreal lens on trauma, and the healing fantasy of processing and acting on the terror and rage it provokes.

FILMOGRAPHIE