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le Festival Ha\u00efti en Folie \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al et dans la Ville de New York\u00a0; et le tr\u00e8s populaire <strong><em>Festival du Film Black de Toronto<\/em><\/strong>. Ces festivals, qui ont accueilli au fil des ans pr\u00e8s d\u2019<strong>1 million de participants<\/strong> et support\u00e9 plus de <strong>2,000 artistes, <\/strong>ont re\u00e7u de grands noms tels\u00a0: <strong>Harry Belafonte, Spike Lee, Stedman Graham, Danny Glover, Martin Luther King III, Dany Laferri\u00e8re, Wyclef Jean, P.K. Subban, Souleymane Ciss\u00e9, Alfre Woodard<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sa principale mission est de continuer \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des plateformes pour montrer une diversit\u00e9 de voix, de visages et de points de vue. En tant que pr\u00e9sidente de la <strong>Fondation Fabienne Colas<\/strong>, elle soutient, donne des bourses et promeut des films et artistes ind\u00e9pendants qui, autrement, seraient invisibles. Une de ses plus grandes fiert\u00e9s est le <strong>Programme Rel\u00e8ve et Diversit\u00e9\u00a0: \u00catre Noir.e au Canada<\/strong> qui permet \u00e0 des artistes noirs \u00e9mergents de recevoir formation et mentorat afin de r\u00e9aliser leurs premiers courts-m\u00e9trages documentaires dans un contexte professionnel. Ces films, produits par Zaza productions, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 diffus\u00e9s \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision notamment \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision de CBC.<\/p>\n<p>En 2015, Fabienne Colas re\u00e7oit la <strong>M\u00e9daille de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e Nationale<\/strong> du Qu\u00e9bec en reconnaissance de son leadership et de sa contribution \u00e0 la lutte contre le racisme et la discrimination au Qu\u00e9bec. En 2017, elle re\u00e7oit le <strong>Prix Harry Jerome Arts &amp; Culture Award<\/strong> \u00e0 Toronto pour sa contribution aux arts et \u00e0 la culture au Canada. En 2018, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 laur\u00e9ate du <strong>Gala Femmes en Cin\u00e9ma, T\u00e9l\u00e9vision et M\u00e9dia Num\u00e9riques<\/strong> (FCTMN) pour sa contribution exceptionnelle dans l\u2019industrie cin\u00e9matographique qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise.<\/p>\n<p>En f\u00e9vrier 2019, Fabienne re\u00e7oit le Prix <strong>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award<\/strong> du Black Theatre Workshop. PDG de Zaza Production, elle a aussi si\u00e9g\u00e9 sur le conseil d\u2019administration de la <strong>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de C\u00e9l\u00e9brations du 375e anniversaire de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>. Elle a fait partie de plusieurs jurys prestigieux du milieu artistique dont ceux du <strong>Conseil des Arts du Canada, CALQ <\/strong>et <strong>les Prix G\u00e9meaux<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Elle signe, en 2008, son premier film\u00a0<strong>Minuit<\/strong>, long-m\u00e9trage de fiction sur le vodou dans lequel elle tenait aussi un r\u00f4le principal. Consid\u00e9r\u00e9e par plusieurs comme l\u2019actrice la plus populaire du cin\u00e9ma ha\u00eftien, Fabienne fut d\u2019abord mannequin, puis\u00a0<strong>Miss Ha\u00efti 2000<\/strong>\u00a0et a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 Ha\u00efti \u00e0 plusieurs concours de beaut\u00e9 en terre \u00e9trang\u00e8re. En 2003, elle gagne le\u00a0<strong>Ticket d\u2019Or<\/strong>\u00a0de la meilleure actrice pour le film Barikad en Ha\u00efti (r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Richard S\u00e9n\u00e9cal) et re\u00e7oit une nomination pour le m\u00eame film au Ha\u00eftien Entertainment Awards en Floride. Elle a jou\u00e9 dans plusieurs productions qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises (Canada) tant sur le grand que sur le petit \u00e9cran (Watatatow, l\u2019Auberge du chien Noir, Comment Conqu\u00e9rir l\u2019Am\u00e9rique en une nuit\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Elle est une candidate au programme <strong>EMBA de MCGill-HEC Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> (2019-2021). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennecolas.com\">www.fabiennecolas.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Gagnante du Prix Top 100 des femmes les plus influentes au Canada en 2019, laur\u00e9ate du Prix Top 40 des Canadiens les plus performants de moins de 40 ans en 2018, nomm\u00e9e Personnalit\u00e9 de l\u2019Ann\u00e9e Culture 2018 par le Journal La Presse, et r\u00e9cipiendaire du Prix Mercure Rel\u00e8ve Femme d\u2019exception 2019 (Les Mercuriales) 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Mercuriades), <strong>Fabienne colas<\/strong> is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, speaker and business owner who works tirelessly and passionately to support and promote Diversity off and on screen around the globe.<\/p><p>She is the \u2018<strong>Queen of Festivals<\/strong>\u2019 who created and manages <strong>9 <\/strong>successful<strong> festivals<\/strong> in Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Halifax, Port-au-Prince &amp; Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) - including the <strong><em>Montreal Intl Black Film Festival<\/em><\/strong>, Canada\u2019s largest black film festival, Haiti en Folie Festival in Montreal and New York City; and the very popular <strong><em>Toronto Black Film Festival<\/em><\/strong>. These events, which attracted close to <strong>1 million festivalgoers<\/strong> and supported over <strong>2,000 artists<\/strong>, have welcomed top names such as <strong>Harry Belafonte, Spike Lee, Stedman Graham, Danny Glover, Martin Luther King III, Dany Laferri\u00e8re, Wyclef Jean, P.K. Subban, Souleymane Ciss\u00e9, Alfre Woodard<\/strong>...<\/p><p>Her primary mission is to continue to create platforms that show a diversity of voices, faces and points of view. As chairman of the <strong>Fabienne Colas Foundation<\/strong>, she supports, awards grants and promotes independent films and artists who, otherwise, would be invisible. One of her favorite initiatives remains the <strong>Youth and Diversity Program: Being Black in Canada<\/strong>, a training and mentorship program which allows emerging Black artists to create their first short documentary films in a professional setting. These films, produced by Zaza Production, have been licenced by and aired on CBC Television.<\/p><p>In 2015, Colas was awarded a <strong>Medal from Quebec\u2019s National Assembly <\/strong>recognizing her leadership and contribution in the fight against racism and discrimination in Quebec. In 2017, she was awarded the<strong> Harry Jerome Arts &amp; Culture Award <\/strong>in Toronto for her great contribution to Canadian Arts and Culture. In 2018, <strong>Femmes en Cin\u00e9ma, T\u00e9l\u00e9vision et M\u00e9dias Num\u00e9riques<\/strong> (FCTMN) paid tribute to Fabienne for her exceptional contribution in the Quebec Film Industry.<\/p><p>In 2019, she will receive the Black Theatre Workshop\u2019s<strong> Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award<\/strong>. CEO of Zaza Production, she also sat as a board member on the <strong>Society for the Celebrations of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s 375th Anniversary<\/strong>. She has been part of many juries among which the <strong>Canada Council for the Arts, Prix G\u00e9meau, CALQ<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In 2008, she made her first film, Minuit, a narrative film on voodoo in which she also played the leading role. Considered by many as the most popular actress in Haitian cinema, Fabienne started out as a model, was crowned\u00a0<strong>Miss Haiti in 2000<\/strong>\u00a0and has represented Haiti in numerous beauty contests around the world. In 2003, she was\u00a0<strong>awarded the Ticket d\u2019Or<\/strong>\u00a0(golden ticket) in Haiti for best actress for her role in the film Barikad (directed by Richard S\u00e9n\u00e9cal) and was also nominated for this same role at the Haitian Entertainment Awards in Florida. She has acted on both the big and the small screens in a number of productions in Quebec, Canada (<em>Watatatow, l\u2019Auberge du chien Noir, Comment Conqu\u00e9rir l\u2019Am\u00e9rique en une nuit\u2026<\/em>).<\/p><p>She is a candidate at the <strong>McGill-HEC<\/strong> <strong>Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> <strong>EMBA<\/strong> program (2019-2021). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennecolas.com\">www.fabiennecolas.com<\/a><\/p><p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-948","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Notre fondatrice - BEING BLACK IN CANADA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beingblackincanada.com\/fr\/notre-fondatrice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Notre fondatrice - 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