Biography

-Born in the small town of Magog, having grown up in Quebec and now well settled in Montreal (in Canada), Rafaël Beauchamp is a screenwriter and director who graduated from the University of Quebec in Montreal in cinema. During his studies, he directed two short films, allowing him to shine in local and international film festivals. Fresh out of the school benches, his screenplay "Les battues" wins the grand prize of the writing laboratory "Cours écrire ton court", organized by the SODEC. A great lover of genre film, he tries to import cinema from elsewhere into the local filmography. He is currently working on the development of two short fiction films as well as the writing of a first feature film. During his studies at UQAM, Rafaël directs "La Crise", a short film selected in many internationals festivals. His first documentary short, Beyond the Void, notably wins the ARRQ's grant for best director of his cohort, as well as travelling around the globe. Right out of university, his script for the short film "Les battues" wins the 2021 edition of the creative lab Cours écrire ton court. After having won the Bourse de l'Académie pour la relève in 2021, he now works at Telescope Films, as well as working on a webserie, as well as developing a new short film as well as his first feature film.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rafaël Beauchamp

Rafaël Beauchamp is a French Canadian filmmaker and a graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal. Passionate about storytelling and crafting immersive worlds from a young age, everything changes when he discovers an old VHS camera, started filming his LEGO creations, and decided to become a filmmaker.

Upon graduating from university in 2020, his short film The Fading wins the 2021 edition of the creation lab Cours écrire ton court, organized by SODEC, and had its world premiere at SXSW 2023. It went on to screen at around twenty festivals, including Regard and Palm Springs.

His second short film, Little Victories, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, screens at Short Shorts Asia, Palm Springs, and Fantasia, and is a finalist for Best Fiction Short Film at the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards. Continuing his exploration of genre cinema with his short film The Taste of Your Scales, he premiered with this new project at Tampere and Regard, and is continuing its festival run.

Rafaël also took part in Sundance Ignite 2023, an incubator supporting emerging filmmakers. He is working on his first feature film, Glass Eyes, and on a new short film, Rebirth, both supported by SODEC.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rafaël Beauchamp