as a three minutes overview of the steps leading from the green screen to the final images. Villeneuve's talk, "How I made an impossible film," was released on TED.com on June 7, 2013, and a month later was added to TED's movie magic list, notably featuring directors James Cameron and J. J. Abrams. His talk has been subtitled in 33 languages and viewed more than a million times. Since then, Mars et Avril has been sold to the U.S. and is available online. In 2014, Villeneuve made his acting debut in his short comedy film Imelda, in the role of his paternal grandmother, for which he won three awards, including the Union des Artistes’ Best Actor Award at the 12th Prends ça court ! Gala. In 2016-2017, he directed the first episodes of the second season of Real Detective for Investigation Discovery Channel and Netflix. On August 3, 2020, a 14-minute documentary about filmmaker Martin Villeneuve was released online. Directed by Jean Benoit, it features interviews with stage director Robert Lepage, illustrator François Schuiten and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. Martin Villeneuve shot two sequels to his short film Imelda, both released in Fall 2020. Imelda 2: The Notary had its world premiere and opened the Quebec City Film Festival on September 16, 2020, and won the Cinémental Award for Best Canadian Short Film 2020. Imelda 3: Simone had its world premiere and opened the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue on October 31, 2020, in front of a real audience despite the Covid crisis. He gave a one-hour storytelling masterclass for Goalcast, which went live on January 7, 2021. Villeneuve's second feature film, The 12 Tasks of Imelda, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, had its world premiere at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 9, 2022, before going into commercial release in 29 theaters across Quebec on October 28, 2022. It was also screened at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Editing in a Borsos Competition film. Martin Villeneuve is currently directing the Red Ketchup animated series, based on the eponymous graphic novels. Produced by Sphere Animation, this 20-episode series will air on Teletoon at Night and Adult Swim starting in 2023. Personal life Martin Villeneuve is the younger brother of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. He is in a relationship with Kika Martinez, and they are raising two children. Selected bibliography Graphic