{{Short description|Canadian documentary filmmaker}} {{Infobox person | name = Olivier Higgins | image = Olivier Higgins en 2023.jpg | caption = Olivier Higgins in 2023 | birth_date = 1979 | occupation = Filmmaker }} '''Olivier Higgins''' (born 1979) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from [[Quebec]].<ref name=moreault>Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/melanie-carrier-et-olivier-higgins--au-cur-du-plus-vaste-camp-de-refugies-au-monde-dc72094e4b15837e88851e7adf483772 "Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins : Au cœur du plus vaste camp de réfugiés au monde"]. ''[[Le Soleil (Quebec)|Le Soleil]]'', February 19, 2021.</ref> The cofounder with his wife [[Mélanie Carrier]] of the production studio Mö Films, the duo concentrate primarily on films about the relationships of the world's [[indigenous peoples]] with the wider world.
== Early life and education == Higgins is a trained biologist and climber.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tënk |url=https://www.tenk.ca/en/fragments/les-films-de-melanie-carrier-olivier-higgins |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Tënk |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == In 2010, Higgins cofounded the production studio Mö Films with Melanie Carrier. The production studio is based in Quebec City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Higgins {{!}} Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride CO |url=https://www.mountainfilm.org/people/olivier-higgins/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.mountainfilm.org |language=en}}</ref>
The duo's first film ''[[Asiemut]]'', chronicling a bicycling trip they took in Asia, was released in 2006.<ref name="lapresse2008">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/200809/22/01-22445-la-cineaste-globe-trotter.php|title=La cinéaste globe-trotter |first= Annie |last=Mathieu |date=September 22, 2008|work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|language=fr-CA}}</ref>
They followed up in 2011 with the feature documentary ''Encounters (Rencontre)'',<ref name=moreault/> and the short documentary ''Ice Philosophy (L'homme de glace)''.
Their 2013 film ''[[Québékoisie]]'' was a [[Jutra Award]] nominee for [[Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film]] at the [[16th Jutra Awards]].<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/651723/documentaire-quebekoisie-trois-rivieres "Québékoisie à l'affiche à Trois-Rivières"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]] Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec, January 29, 2014.</ref>
In 2019, they collaborated with photographer Renaud Philippe on ''[[Wandering: A Rohingya Story]] (Errance sans retour)'', a multimedia museum show and documentary film about the [[Rohingya conflict|Rohingya crisis]] in [[Myanmar]].<ref>Valérie Cloutier, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1732181/rohingyas-camp-film-documentaire-festival-quebec "Errance sans retour ou la réalité de réfugiés rohingyas"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]] Québec, September 8, 2020.</ref> The film debuted in February 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Documentary portraying life at the world's largest refugee camp makes Canadian debut {{!}} Fringe Arts |url=https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/documentary-portraying-life-at-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-makes-canadian-debuts |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=thelinknewspaper.ca |language=en}}</ref> and was a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary]] at the [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]],<ref name=furdyk>{{Cite web|title=Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330161247/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2021|date=March 30, 2021|website=[[ET Canada]]|author=Brent Furdyk|language=en-US}}</ref> and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the [[23rd Quebec Cinema Awards]].<ref name=ramond>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-en-tete-des-nominations/ "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 26, 2021.</ref> Higgins and Philippe were also co-nominated in 2021 for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary|Best Cinematography in a Documentary]] at the Canadian Screen Awards,<ref name=furdyk/> and [[Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary|Best Cinematography in a Documentary]] at the Quebec Cinema Awards;<ref name=ramond/> Higgins was also nominated as part of the sound team for [[Prix Iris for Best Sound in a Documentary|Best Sound in a Documentary]], and alongside [[Amélie Labrèche]] for [[Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary|Best Editing in a Documentary]], at the Quebec Cinema Awards.<ref name=ramond/>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|4392320}} *{{official website|https://mofilms.ca/}}
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