Simon Plouffe

Hailing from Rouyn-Noranda, Simon Plouffe lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. His experience as a sound mixer leads him to explore sonic universes both within experimentation and design. His first documentary Others' Gold (2011), has been shown in fifteen international festivals (RIDM, Dok.Fest, Guadalajara, Big Sky) and has received a Merit Award for Advocacy at Montana CINE Int. Film Fest, an honorable mention for Excellent Storytelling at the WIFF, and the Silver Lei Award at the Honolulu Film Awards. His second feature-length documentary Those Who Come, Will Hear (2018), has won; the Jury Award at the 56th edition of Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Best Documentary at the indigenous film festival Ficwallmapu Chile in 2018 and two honorable mentions (DOXA in Vancouver and at the Experimental Forum in LA).