Millefiore Clarkes

Millefiore Clarkes is an award-winning filmmaker from Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island.

Through her company One Thousand Flowers Productions she produces a variety of media work: short and feature documentaries, music videos, drama, experimental shorts, and video installations.

She recently received the DOC Institute’s Vanguard Award for her work as a documentarian.

Her most recent work is a short lyrical, dramatic film SOLASTALGIA that explores the theme of climate grief.

It won Best Canadian Short at the Silverwave Film Festival.

She has directed three documentaries for The National Film Board of Canada: THE SONG AND THE SORROW, BLUE RODEO - ON THE ROAD, and ISLAND GREEN.

THE SONG AND THE SORROW won Best Short Atlantic Documentary at FIN - Atlantic International Film Fest, Best Documentary at Silverwave Film Festival, Best Atlantic Doc at Lunenburg Doc Fest, Best Mid Length Documentary at The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, and was a Top Ten Audience Choice at Available Light Film Festival.

Her films have screened at festivals across Canada and the US and have been broadcast on CBC and Bravo!

Her experimental short December in Toronto is featured on Vimeo’s Staff Picks, and her music videos have won a number of awards.

She is passionate about making films that connect us to one another and to nature.