Andrew Cividino
| Andrew Cividino | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 32) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Notable work | Sleeping Giant |
Andrew Cividino (born 1984) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his feature film debut Sleeping Giant, which debuted at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Early life
Originally from Dundas, Ontario,[2] Cividino frequently spent childhood summers in the Sibley Peninsula region near Thunder Bay.[3]
Career
After studying film at Ryerson University, Cividino made several short films, including Norbert, We Ate the Children Last[4] and Yellow Fish.[1] His short films screened at various film festivals. In 2006, he won the Ontario Film Review Board’s student film competition.[5]
In 2011, Telefilm included him on its annual 'Talent to Watch' panel, and his short We Ate the Children Last made TIFF’s Top 10 Shorts list.[5]
Sleeping Giant
When all of the funding fell through for his feature debut, Sleeping Giant,[1] Cividino proceeded with a pared down short film version which was released in 2014, going on to win an award at the Locarno International Film Festival[1] in addition to receiving a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, in turn enabling Cividino to secure new funding.[6]
The feature version of Sleeping Giant premiered at Cannes in 2015.[1] It later screened at the Munich Film Festival, where it won the CineVision Award for Best Film By An Emerging Director, and at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[7] where it won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film.[8] At the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, Sleeping Giant won the juried Best Canadian Film Award.[9]
At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, Cividino was a nominee for Best Director for Sleeping Giant, which also garnered three other nominations including Best Picture. Cividino lost the Best Director award to Lenny Abrahamson for Room.[10]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Big buzz at Cannes for Canadian auteur's coming-of-age yarn". Montreal Gazette, May 22, 2015.
- ↑ "First-time teen actors bring naturalness to Ontario-set Sleeping Giant". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Sleeping Giant film from Thunder Bay, Ont. director debuts at Cannes Critic's Week". CBC News, May 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Bold Canadian shorts pack big punch". Toronto Star September 9, 2011.
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- ↑ "Altered worlds on TIFF's Canuck slate". Toronto Star, August 6, 2015.
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