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Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his grounded, dreamlike narratives. His work is a testament to purposeful and deeply personal storytelling, intended to make his audience reflect on themes such as mental health and childhood. He is a graduate of Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, and is a member of the Young Guns ’20 class, an award ceremony dedicated to creatives under 30 from across the globe.

In 2021 his short dance film Sit Still won a Gold Screen at YDA. Vincent picked up a second Gold at YDA in 2023 with his charity commercial Talk Away The Dark. Invincible, his debut narrative short, was nominated at the 2024 Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film and won the International Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.

Most recently, Vincent has been focusing on bringing to life the experimental film A Dying Tree (2024), currently in post-production, and is developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island.