I make movie because I revere women's resilience
Claude Hamel was born in Abitibi and is a resident of the Canadian Eastern Townships since 2006. Initiated to the art of urban storytelling in 1981 with the Wondeur Brass collective, she added traditional tales to her practice when she was involved in Productions Coeur.com, a group of artists and therapists led by the Jungian author Guy Corneau. She then co-directed workshops, from 1998 to 2008, in France, Belgium, Egypt and Quebec. Claude has been writing, exploring and presenting since then traditional and historical storytelling pieces as well as life stories based on the personal experience that has led her from film sets to mythical places around the world. A soundwoman in documentary cinema from 1986 to 2012, Claude also directed three short films, and a 62 minutes documentary film in 2018, Ishkueu Territory Woman Territory, selected in the Festival de Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue . A documentary featuring 8 native women writers, storytellers, authors, she produced in collaboration with the Filmmaker Assistance Program of National Film Board of Canada and a PRIM grant for the mix. The director/storyteller/writer has signed eight coloring storytelling books she illustrated herself. In 2013, Claude Hamel signed the historical research and the artistic direction of A coeur Vaillant, a historic tour of the City of Contrecoeur , as well as the self-guided tour of Old Yellowknife. Claude Hamel was invited to do storytelling in 2014 at the International Contes et Musique Festival of the City of Fort-de-France in Martinique and pursue an international career. On the Quebec scene, she participate in Storytelling festival Festilou in Montreal, Storytelling Atalukan in Mashteuiatsh and to the Rendez-vous des Grandes Gueules de Trois Pistoles.
  • Producer (2 Credits)
    Blue Bear Woman2023
    Documentary
    Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory2018
    Documentary
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    Blue Bear Woman2023
    Documentary
    Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory2018
    Documentary
  • Director (2 Credits)
    Blue Bear Woman2023
    Documentary
    Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory2018
    Documentary
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Tokyo Lift Off Film Festival
Tokyo
2025
Best Indigenous Film
Blue Bear Woman
Granite Belt Region of Southern Queensland, Australia and Berlin Germany
Queensland, Berlin
2025
Semi-Finalist
Blue Bear Woman
Blow-Up Arthouse FilmFest
Chicago
2025
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Red Fox International Film Festival
T'Bilisi
2025
Best Documentary Editing
Blue Bear Woman
Wallachia International Film Festival
Bucarest
2024
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes Milan Athens
Canne Milan Athens
2024
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
London Lift Off Film Festival
London
2024
Certificat of Recognition Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
International Film Festival The Hague
La haye
2024
Best Documentary Feature
Blue Bear Woman
FilmArte
Madrid
2024
Honorable Mention
Blue Bear Woman
Festival International de Cinéma et Mémoire Commune-Nador
Meknès
2024
Shawna Spirite Award
Blue Bear Woman
Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival
Southbridge
2024
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Art Film Sprit Award
Toronto
2024
Offcial Selection
Blue Bear Woman
New York independant Cinema Awards
New York, N.Y.
2024
Native American Social, Political, and Cultural Impact Award
Blue Bear Woman
Latino and Native American Film Festival
New Haven, Connecticut
2024
Offcial Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Festival Cinéma du Monde
Sherbrooke
2024
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Blue Bear Woman
Festival International du Film sur l'Art
Montreal
2024
Offcial Selection
Blue Bear Woman
15th Native Woman in Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2024
Best Art Film Award
Blue Bear Woman
Berlin Indie Film Festival
Berlin
2024
Offcial Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Star International Film festival
Firenze
2023
Honorable Mention
Blue Bear Woman
International Films and Scripts Festival New Lotus
Athens
2023
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Red Nation International Film Festival
Los Angeles
2023
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Festival International de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Rouyn-Noranda
2023
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
Knowlton International Film Festival
Knowlton,Québec
2019
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
24th Red nation international Film Festival ans Awards
Los Angeles
2019
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
Riffa Regina International Film Festival and Awards
Regina, Saskatchewan
2019
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
Dreamspeaker Itern. Film Festival
Edmonton, Alberta
2019
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec
2019
2019 Best Art Film Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
FIFA- International Festival of Films on Art
Montreal
2019
Official Selection
Ishkueu Territory Woman's Territory
Festival de cinéma International de l'Abitibi Témiscamingue
Rouyn Noranda
2018
Official Selection
Blue Bear Woman
Accolade Film Festival
La Jolla, California
Recognition Award
Blue Bear Woman
Impacts Film Festival
La Jolla, California
College
National Film Board of Canada
Sound engineer
19861992
Nickname
Kôdie
Birth City
Amos, Qc Canada
Current City
Austin, Qc Canada
Height
5'7
Gender
Female
Eye Color
Brown
Children
1
I make movie because I revere women's resilience
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