In Conversation with Catherine Legault – LARRY (THEY/THEM)

Catherine Legault is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor who
graduated from Concordia University in Film Production. A recipient of two Gémeaux Awards and an Iris Award at the Gala Québec Cinéma for her editing work, she has edited several award-winning films over the past twenty years, which have screened internationally in theatres, festivals, and on television. Her collaborations include PilgrIMAGE, by Peter Wintonick and Mira Burt-Wintonick, Les manèges humains (Fair Sex), by Martin Laroche, La démolition familiale (Family Demolition), by Patrick Damien, Les lettres de ma mère (My Mother’s Letters), by Serge Giguère, FANNY: The Right to Rock, by Bobbi Jo Hart, as well as the documentary series 21 jours, by Michel Barbeau and Gabriel Allard-Gagnon, and Prendre le vent, by
Guillaume Perez. Catherine’s work is appreciated for its sensitivity, fluidity, and ability to navigate through a multitude of perspectives. Art in all its forms, travel, identity, family, and intergenerational transmission are themes that have often accompanied her in her editing practice. In 2019, Catherine directed her first documentary, Sisters: Dream & Variations, which received awards at the IndieFEST Film Awards and the Gala Québec Cinéma. LARRY (they/them) is her second feature.

Xi Feng is a film editor based in Montreal. Having lived in China, Canada, and France, she has cultivated a unique blend of cultural and artistic sensitivity. Feng has worked as an editor on award winning films including CETTE MAISON, CAITI BLUES and most recently UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, which won the inaugural Audience Award at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and is Canada’s 2025 submission for the Oscars. Her filmography includes films premiered at major festivals such as Berlinale, Cannes, Sundance, TIFF, Vision du Réel, HotDocs, etc.