Career His 2011 film Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
Achievements His first feature film, Louisiana MoitiƩ gauche du frigo (2000) won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards. Falardeau also received the Claude Jutra Award at the Canadian Genies in 2001 for this film. Falardeau"s Congorama won him a Genie Award in 2007 for Best Original Screenplay.