14/05/2026
Congratulations to our Best Feature Film 2026 - ’Out Standing’ Directed by Mélanie Charbonneau!
At the height of a brilliant career with the Armed Forces, Officer Sandra Perron resigns unexpectedly. The brass launch an investigation that revs up when a photo circulates of Sandra in uniform tied to a tree apparently unconscious. This was not how the career of the first female officer in the Canadian infantry was supposed to end. Besieged by journalists, struggling to adapt to civilian life, and pursued by the investigation, she enies that she was the victim of abusive treatment and refuses to press charges. As Sandra reveals the details of her incredible experience in the Canadian infantry, her training, tours overseas, it becomes clear this true story is about how her worst enemies were on her side of the front line.
Director Biography - MĂ©lanie Charbonneau
Promising Quebec director MĂ©lanie Charbonneau has made her mark, thanks to numerous large-scale projects. She has been making movies, web series and advertising, all of her achievements have in common an approach filled with humour and humanity. Her first short film, SEULE has been noticed in several international festivals including Cannes, Namur, Fantasia, Cambridge, Off-Courts Trouville and Cinema on the Bayou festival. Her film LUNAR ORBIT RENDEZVOUS takes the form of a romantic sci-fi comedy. It was screened in official competition at the Locarno Festival in 2018, then presented in around forty other international festivals, where it won numerous awards in 2019, it was a finalist for the Iris for the best short film at the Gala Quebec Cinema.
