Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit
Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit is a creative developer and a technical director specialized in interactive videos, new media art and installations. He is part of
Vincent Morisset's team at AATOAA Studio, where he has worked for five years as Lead Creative Developer on videos produced, amongst others, by the National Film Board of Canada, Google Creative Labs and Arcade Fire. His work has been rewarded with prestigious prizes such as the Emmy Awards, Cannes Cyber Lions, South By Southwest and the Webby Awards.
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Awards and Honours
My work has had the honour of being recognized by the following institutions:
Emmy Awards (Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, 2014)2x Sundance Film Festival (Official Selections, 2015)
2x Cannes Lions (Bronze Lions, "Innovative Use of Technology" and "Interactive Video", 2014)
2x South By Southwest Interactive ("Music" and "Art" Grand Prizes, 2014, 2012)
4x Webby Awards ("Net Art" and "Music" Categories, 2014, 2012)
2x FITC ("Technical Achievement Award" and "People's Choice Award", 2014)
2x Art Director's Club (Silver Cube and Tomorrow Award, 2014)
Communication Arts Interactive ("Entertainment" Grand Prize, 2012)
Libera Awards (Independent Video of the Year, 2013)
Japan Media Arts Festival (2012)
One Show Interactive (2012)
Creative's Review Annual (2012)
4x TheFWA (Site of the Month, Site of the Week, Site of the day, 2014, 2013, 2012)
Awwwards (Site of the Month, 2013)
Montreal New Cinema Festival (Innovation Award) (2011)
As well as being exhibited in the following contexts:
Museum of Moving Images - Brooklyn, New York (2013)National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2014)
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Arts - Montreal, Canada (2012)
Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center - Cincinnati, Ohio (2012)
Sundance Film Festival - Park City, Utah (2015)
Montreal New Cinema Festival - Montréal, Canada (2014, 2011)
Rotterdam Film Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands (2012)
OFFF Festival - Barcelona, Spain (2014)
La Gaité Lyrique - Paris, France (2015, 2012)
PHI Center - Montreal, Canada (2015)
IDFA Doc Lab - Amsterdam, Netherlands (2014)
FILE Festival - São Paolo, Brazil (2014)