Laurence Blais (she/her)
Executive Director
Head of Sales
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With a bachelor's degree in film from UQAM and a specialized graduate diploma in cultural organization management from HEC Montréal, Laurence combines her passion for cinema with her management skills. A true Swiss Army knife of funding, she has made her mark in the search of private sponsorships, government grants, philanthropy, and sales, notably as director of partnerships for the RIDM.
A music lover, she has also worked as a coordinator and project manager in public funding for some of Montreal's biggest festivals, including Les Francos de Montréal, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Osheaga, Montréal en Lumière and Nuit Blanche, etc. She then served as interim executive director and co-director of Cinéma Public, an independent movie theater, for nearly a year and a half. Laurence wants to use her skills in financing and partnerships to promote cinema from here and elsewhere. In 2025, she joins Travelling as Executive Director and Head of Sales.
Laurence's creative passion doesn't stop at cinema: you can also find her in the kitchen improvising and perfecting her recipes, like a Montreal version of Molly Baz. More is more!
Photo Credit : Guillaume Boucher
Tam Dan Vu (she/her)
Artistic Director
Head of Communications
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With a BA in Cultural and Media Production Strategies, Tam is a cinephile who soughts to bridge film to its audience. In 2013, she falls in love with short film at Québec Cinéma. Through an internship at H264, she's invited to contribute to the genesis of Plein(s) Écran(s) - the world’s 1st film festival on Facebook - where she evolves as coordinator, communications director and programmer. Leveraging her creativity in digital marketing, she oversees the social media campaigns for the Oscar© race of three shorts that will get nominated - Fauve, Marguerite and Brotherhood. Meanwhile, she works in communications at Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal for over two years. In 2020, she joins Travelling as Artistic Director and Head of Communications...
In addition to short film, Tam is developing a practice as a multidisciplinary artist and is obsessed with The Bachelor.
Photo Credit : Hannah Covey
Pierre is a sound technician, musician and self-taught artist based in Trois-Rivières and has been working in the cultural event industry for almost 15 years. Working as a distribution coordinator at Travelling since 2013, Pierre ensures the smooth running of Travelling short films’ journeys in festivals and film theatres.
In his spare time, Pierre takes care of his garden and he is active in several strange music bands.
Photo Credit : Hannah Covey
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Louise Morel holds a master's degree in cinema and a bachelor's degree in communications. She has been actively involved in the rich ecosystem of festivals, including Rencontres internationales du documentaire, Festival du nouveau cinéma, Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma and Vues d'Afrique. She has navigated between the production, coordination and programming departments of short and feature-length films, as well as in mediation. Louise was in charge of organizing the Pan Canadian Student Film Meeting and Competition, a three-day program dedicated to the professionalization of cinema students. At the same time, she has served as a jury member for Canadian and international student film competitions.
Passionate for many years about discovering and supporting emerging filmmakers, Louise Morel is always on the alert for new talent.
Louise is on her 218th day of learning Japanese on Duolingo and has already swam with sperm whales, a turtle, dolphins and a scorpion fish...
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BOARD
Alexandre Domingue - Chairman
Jean-Philippe Biron - Vice-Chairman
Fanny Drew - Treasury
Fanny Drew studied at HEC Montreal and has completed a Bachelor of Business Administration. She worked has an accountant before entering in to the world of production. Those different experiences gave her a new desire: to found her own production company. That’s how she co-started Colonelle filmswith her two partners. She joins the board of Travelling distribution, as an administrator, to participate, in a certain way, in the influence of Quebec's short film around the world.
Carolina Klimas – Board Member
Carolina is a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, entertainment law, and litigation, with solid experience in the film and television sectors. She regularly handles complex legal issues related to copyright and commercial contracts, including in the field of film distribution. Her diverse professional background has led her to manage cases involving publishing, live performance, and music, giving her a comprehensive understanding of the cultural sector. This expertise represents a valuable asset for Travelling in its short film distribution activities. Beyond her role on Travelling's board of directors, Carolina is actively involved in several organizations: she sits on the boards of directors of the Association littéraire et artistique internationale Canada (ALAI Canada) and Infinitheatre, while being a member of the Association des juristes pour l'avancement de la vie artistique (AJAVA). This sustained commitment reflects her desire to contribute to the development of Quebec and Canadian legal and artistic communities.
Julia Minne – Board Member
Julia Minne holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Montreal and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Arts and Art Sciences. Her research-creation thesis focuses on the reactivation and narration of the archives of the feminist artists' center Vidéo Femmes. The creative component of her research, entitled Vidéo Femmes, Fragments d'un héritage féministe (Vidéo Femmes, Fragments of a Feminist Legacy), took the form of a collaborative digital publication produced in partnership with the Cinémathèque québécoise, several members of Vidéo Femmes, and the distributor Spira. She also worked for seven years at the Cinémathèque québécoise as acquisitions manager and head of the Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative, which focused on increasing the visibility of feminist film knowledge and archives on the web. Today, she is a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University under the supervision of Alanna Thain and regularly collaborates with various cultural organizations in Quebec and abroad.
With a background in cinema and journalism in Montreal and Paris, Justine Baillargeon began her career as a journalist at Qui fait Quoi, before joining the Marché du Film team at the Cannes Film Festival, then h264 as Head of Distribution. Over the course of her career, she has taken part in many major festivals - including Cannes, Annecy, Berlin, Locarno, Sundance, SXSW and TIFF - as a short-film distributor, panelist, jury member and mentor. In 2024, she accompanied the short film Invincible, nominated for the 96th Academy Awards. Today, she is an institutional communications strategist and publicist at the National Film Board.