Portfolio
Hogtown (2024)
Short Series (8 x 15)
Forced to leave her hometown temporarily, Manu finds it hard to adapt to her new surroundings. She has only one thing on her mind: moving back to Toronto. However, an unexpected encounter turns Manuela’s life upside down, calling into question everything she's known and wanted up to now.
Words Left Unspoken
Documentary : 52 minutes
Reelworld Film Festival, CBC GEM, AMI
2024
After avoiding speaking at all cost for over two decades, Joze Piranian, who has a severe stutter, decides to confront his fears, by travelling back to his home country, Lebanon, and holding the conversations he never dared to have before with his family. He hopes to finally make peace with his stutter and become the man he’s always wanted himself to be.
Hotel Beirut
Series 8x22"
Cowritten, Codirected
Cinemania, TFO, Natyf TV
2024
Fleeing the war in Lebanon in the late 80s, siblings Zeina (14) and Fady (9), and their parents, move to Canada. The family’s new home quickly becomes the go-to destination for displaced Lebanese seeking temporary shelter, to the great despair of the two children, who are forced to share a room.
Loud & Here
Documentary 12 minutes
Hot Docs, CBC GEM, Crave, TFO
2023
After noticing too many cases of sexual violence going unreported or unpunished within their own schools, 23 teen girls decide to take matters into their own hands to make meaningful change to policy affecting school boards across Quebec.
All Strings Attached
Short Film : 16 Minutes
Montreal Black Film Festival, Bronzelens Fest, TFO
2022
Young, career-minded, and ambitious, Roselyne and Adam have difficulty finding time for their relationship in their overloaded and always hectic schedule. When the two finally decide to spend time together, an unexpected visit complicates their plans.
Strong & Free
Podcast : 6 x 20 minutes
Historica Canada, Best Podcast Amazon Music 2022
2020
Tracing stories from the earliest Black settlers to recently arrived Canadians, Strong and Free captures just a few of the crucial stories of Black Canadians thriving and contributing to building this country.
Hogtown - Season 1
Series 7x13 minutes
TFO, TV5, TV5 Monde
2021
When 16-year-old Manuela and her family are threatened to be evicted from their apartment building by a real estate builder, she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight to stay in her neighborhood.
Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
Documentary - 24 minutes
2020
What is fatphobia and what can be done to overcome it? With poetic illustrations and painful, compelling testimony, Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia offers multiple examples of the psychological effects of weight-based discrimination and bullying on adolescent girls.
Deadline
Short Film - 9 minutes
2018
On the eve of their first anniversary as a couple, Julien and Camille must make the decision of their life: Who will have to leave everything behind to follow the other in their country of origin?
Portrait of Jorge Lozano
short film 1x3 minutes
2020
Jorge Lozano Lorza is a recipient of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts in 2020.
Amazing Teenagers
webdocs 7x5 minutes
TFO
2017
Amazing Teenagers is a series of short documentaries broadcasted on TFO presenting a day in the life of young adolescents who have distinguished themselves through their projects or social involvement.
I am Unfaithful - Short Film
1x3 minutes
2015
Being unfaithful and honest in love is not easy every day.
BIO
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Josiane is a writer, director, producer, who’s versatility allowed her to occupy a wide range of positions in Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. Those life changing experiences fundamentally shaped her journey as an artist who feels compelled to speak on everything related to social injustice and discrimination.
In 2020, Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia, a short documentary produced by the NFB regarding the impact of fatphobia on the mental health of kids and teens, premiered on Radio-Canada and was described by critics as treasure of delicacy, hard-hitting, difficult to watch but necessary film. In June 2021, Ainsi va Manu, her 7-part short form scripted series telling the story of a 16 years old teen girl who’s family are about to be evicted from their apartment in Toronto, was broadcast on the online platform of French broadcaster TV5 & TFO and was selected for several international festivals winning a total of 15 awards, including five for best director.
The series is now renewed for a second season. That same year, Josiane had the opportunity to produce and host the French episodes of Strong & Free, an Historica Canada and Media Girlfriends podcast series about Canadian Black history. Strong & Free recently won the Gold Award for Best Podcast: Arts, Culture and Society at the Digital Publishing Awards while also being selected on Amazon music's best podcasts. In 2022 she won the WIFT Showcase Best Directing award for Ainsi va Manu and was chosen as one of Playback's 10 to watch in 2022.
Josiane’s upcoming projects includes her TV hour documentary Words Left Unspoken, season 2 of Ainsi va Manu & Hôtel Beyrouth a half hour drama series.