Amélie Hardy

Directing

Amélie Hardy

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

After studying cinema at UQÀM, Amélie quickly established her mark in the film industry by directing several short films and series (Hello Stranger, About Memory and Loss, Chroniques de la vie ordinaire, Happy Life, Train Hopper). Her projects have distinguished themselves at festivals such as SXSW, Hot-Docs, FIFF Namur, PalmSprings, Kurtzfilmtage Winterthur, Regard, etc. Her cinematic approach, combining humanity, aesthetics and ingenuity in staging reality, defines her artistic signature.

Known for

Un renversement poster
NR

This film lifts the veil on the inner workings of women in politics, where everything happens far from microphones and official images. Through intimate and unfiltered testimonies from emblematic Quebec political figures, the film reveals the obstacles, struggles, and power dynamics that mark their journeys, while highlighting those who, despite resistance, forge new paths and redefine the contours of power.

Un renversement

2026

Hello Stranger poster
3.0

At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition journey of a young trans woman named Cooper Josephine. With humor, the film revisits key moments of her life from her childhood in a small fishing village of the east coast of Canada to her tumultuous medical process. Through the re-enactment of her memories, Cooper Josephine attempts to make peace with the last masculine imprint on her body: that unfortunate deep voice that sticks to her skin.

Hello Stranger

2024

A Wolf in the Suburbs poster
NR

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.

A Wolf in the Suburbs

2026

Train Hopper poster
6.0

A young man travels across America hopping from one freight train to another.

Train Hopper

2018

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic poster
NR

Young people wonder what their future profession should be. While the ambitions of some are brimming with ideas of grandeur, for others the horizon seems blurred and dizzying. In a series of sessions with a guidance counselor, they reveal their true selves.

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic

2025

About Memory and Loss poster
7.2

Capture, document, record, share, restart. We are making ourselves more memorable than ever by archiving every bit of our daily lives. What if we lost something along the way?

About Memory and Loss

2022

Behind the camera

Un renversement poster
NR

This film lifts the veil on the inner workings of women in politics, where everything happens far from microphones and official images. Through intimate and unfiltered testimonies from emblematic Quebec political figures, the film reveals the obstacles, struggles, and power dynamics that mark their journeys, while highlighting those who, despite resistance, forge new paths and redefine the contours of power.

Un renversement

2026

Un renversement poster
NR

This film lifts the veil on the inner workings of women in politics, where everything happens far from microphones and official images. Through intimate and unfiltered testimonies from emblematic Quebec political figures, the film reveals the obstacles, struggles, and power dynamics that mark their journeys, while highlighting those who, despite resistance, forge new paths and redefine the contours of power.

Un renversement

2026

Hello Stranger poster
3.0

At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition journey of a young trans woman named Cooper Josephine. With humor, the film revisits key moments of her life from her childhood in a small fishing village of the east coast of Canada to her tumultuous medical process. Through the re-enactment of her memories, Cooper Josephine attempts to make peace with the last masculine imprint on her body: that unfortunate deep voice that sticks to her skin.

Hello Stranger

2024

A Wolf in the Suburbs poster
NR

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.

A Wolf in the Suburbs

2026

A Wolf in the Suburbs poster
NR

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.

A Wolf in the Suburbs

2026

Train Hopper poster
6.0

A young man travels across America hopping from one freight train to another.

Train Hopper

2018

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic poster
NR

Young people wonder what their future profession should be. While the ambitions of some are brimming with ideas of grandeur, for others the horizon seems blurred and dizzying. In a series of sessions with a guidance counselor, they reveal their true selves.

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic

2025

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic poster
NR

Young people wonder what their future profession should be. While the ambitions of some are brimming with ideas of grandeur, for others the horizon seems blurred and dizzying. In a series of sessions with a guidance counselor, they reveal their true selves.

Make Money, Find Meaning, Don't Panic

2025

About Memory and Loss poster
7.2

Capture, document, record, share, restart. We are making ourselves more memorable than ever by archiving every bit of our daily lives. What if we lost something along the way?

About Memory and Loss

2022

About Memory and Loss poster
7.2

Capture, document, record, share, restart. We are making ourselves more memorable than ever by archiving every bit of our daily lives. What if we lost something along the way?

About Memory and Loss

2022

Happy Life poster
NR

In this anxious and hectic time, Happy Life explores those unusual outlets that soothe the turmoil of the body and mind. In a meditative journey through these analgesic places, this documentary essay paints a portrait of a society in seek of meaning and relief.

Happy Life

2021

Happy Life poster
NR

In this anxious and hectic time, Happy Life explores those unusual outlets that soothe the turmoil of the body and mind. In a meditative journey through these analgesic places, this documentary essay paints a portrait of a society in seek of meaning and relief.

Happy Life

2021