Sophie Bédard Marcotte is a Canadian film director from Montreal, Quebec,Olivier Thibodeau, "Entrevue avec Sophie Bédard Marcotte". Panorama-Cinéma, March 29, 2018. whose films explore the boundaries between documentary and fiction storytelling.Helen Faradji, "Sophie Bédard Marcotte : le cinéma comme exploration des possibles". Ici Radio-Canada, January 15, 2020.
She had a number of sound credits on films before releasing her debut documentary film, I've Gone Backwards or Something (J'ai comme reculé, on dirait), in 2017.Jérôme Delgado, "Sophie Bédard Marcotte signe «Claire l'hiver», une première fiction audacieuse". Le Devoir, October 6, 2017.
Her second feature but first narrative fiction film, Winter Claire (Claire l'hiver), premiered at the 2017 Festival du nouveau cinéma before going into commercial release in 2018,Jérôme Delgado, "«Claire l’hiver»: traverser l’apathie". Le Devoir, March 30, 2018. and was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019. Despite not considering herself an actress, she appeared in the film as its lead character, as she felt that could not afford to pay a professional actress.Justine Smith, "L.A. Tea Time is a road trip like no other". Cult MTL, January 17, 2020.
She followed up in 2019 with L.A. Tea Time, a semi-fictionalized documentary about her own road trip across the United States with friend and colleague Isabelle Stachtchenko.Helen Faradji, "La passionnante odyssée à hauteur de femmes de L.A. Tea Time". Ici Radio-Canada, May 13, 2022. The film was longlisted for the 2019 DGC Discovery Award.Connie Thiessen, "Ellen Page, Megan Wennberg among DGC Discovery Award nominees". Broadcast Dialogue, September 9, 2019.
In 2025 she released I Lost Sight of the Landscape (J'ai perdu de vue le paysage), a film about the development of her relationship with playwright Gabriel Charlebois Plante.Rachel Ho, "I Lost Sight of the Landscape Review: They Found Love in a Hopeful Place". Point of View, November 24, 2025.
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