Miryam Charles
Known for
Directing
Biography
Miryam Charles is a filmmaker and visual artist of Haitian descent based in Laval. Her practice moves between cinema and visual arts, often engaging with questions of memory, belonging, mourning, and the afterlives of historical violence. Her films have been presented at festivals throughout Québec and internationally. Her debut feature, This House, premiered at the Berlinale and went on to screen at the AFI Film Festival; it was also selected for TIFF’s Top 10 and named one of Sight and Sound’s Best Films of 2022. In 2022, she also premiered her short film At Dusk at Locarno.
Her work has been exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, MoMA, Basis Frankfurt, the Leonard & Bina...
Best known work
This House
2022
Song for the New World
2021
La boutique de forge
2012
Bird's Nest
2022
All the Days of May
2023
Miryam
2020
Fly, Fly Sadness
2015
Three Atlas
2018
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024
Once Upon a Time a Black
2022Filmography
TBA
Crossed PathsDirector
2026
Treasure IslandDirector, Writer
2024
2023
Le MaraboutDirector
2023
All the Days of MayDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
2022
This Houseas Voix hors champ (voice), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
2022
Promenades nocturnesProducer
2022
Bird's NestEditor, Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
2022
At DuskDirector, Screenplay
2022
Lost ParadisesDirector
2022
Once Upon a Time a BlackDirector of Photography
2021
Song for the New WorldDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
2021
A Dream CountryDirector
2020
Miryamas Self
2019
The Red Album or a Poetic IntentDirector, Screenplay, Editor
2019
Second GenerationDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Cinematography, Sound, Editor, Music
2018
Three AtlasDirector, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Sound, Editor, Music
2018
A FortressDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
2017
MosaicDirector, Screenplay
2016
Towards the ColoniesDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Music
2015
Fly, Fly SadnessDirector, Editor, Cinematography, Music, Writer, Sound
2014
News, newsDirector of Photography
2014
Feu de BengaleDirector of Photography, Producer
2013
Le plantainProducer, Director of Photography
2013
Full LoveDirector of Photography, Producer