About
Originally from Quebec City (Canada), Stéphane Gagnon has been passionate about audiovisual storytelling since childhood. Self-taught in screenwriting and directing, he first emerged as a filmmaker in 2013 within the Kino movement in Quebec City, where he was actively involved until 2016.
He has collaborated with several creative labs — Kinomada (2014), Cabaret Kino de Québec (2015), St-Casimir (2015, 2018) and Kino Barcelona (2025) — embracing the experimentation, solidarity, and spontaneity that define the Kino spirit.
Since 2016, he has continued to explore cinema with the same creative freedom, nourished by an artisanal and deeply human approach to short filmmaking.
What is Kino and a Kinoite?
Born from the energy of around twenty founding members, the movement was born in January 1999 with the aim of creating one film per month for a year.
This challenge taken up, the film movement continued on its way with its motto "Do well with nothing, do better with little, but do it now" which has spread all over the planet (http://www.planetekino.com) for both new and established filmmakers.
You understand of course that a Kinoïte is a member of this movement.