Nicolás Pereda
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Nicolás Pereda | |
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 Pereda at the Berlinale in 2016 | |
| Born | 1982 |
| Nationality | Mexican, Canadian |
| Occupation | Film director and writer |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Spouse(s) | Andrea Bussmann |
Nicolás Pereda (born 1982) is a Mexican-Canadian film director. To date, he has directed nine features and three short films.[1]
Personal life[]
Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982; he holds dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship[citation needed] and is a resident of Toronto, where he studied filmmaking at York University.[2]
He is married to film director Andrea Bussmann, with whom he codirected the 2016 film Tales of Two Who Dreamt.[3]
Career[]
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Pereda's films, which have been financed by both Mexican and Canadian funds, have been predominantly shot in Mexico and are "resolutely Mexican in their intimate attention to class, culture, social structure, and family relations in Mexican society."[4]
His films have been exhibited in festivals around the world, including at the Venice Film Festival, Berlinale, Rotterdam, and the Toronto International Film Festival.[5] Pereda's work has also been presented at several retrospectives in various festivals, cinemateques and archives around the world, including the Anthology Film Archives,[6] the Pacific Film Archive, and the Harvard Film Archive, which wrote of his work: "Pereda’s films are resolutely Mexican in focus and almost exclusively deal with stories drawn directly from the everyday lives and worlds of their working-class characters."[7][8][9][10]
His films have been described as "meticulous, minimalist, deadpan."[4][11]
Other work[]
He is currently the Director of the Filmmaking Program, a new BFA program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey.[12]
Awards[]
2016 Special Mention – RIDM, Montreal, Canada for Tales of Two who Dreamt
2016 Best film– FICUNAM, Mexico for Minotaur
2015 Special Mention – Margenes Festival, Spain for The Absent
2014 Best film– FICUNAM, Mexico for The Palace
2013 Best documentary – Curtas Vila Do Conde, Portugal for The Palace
2013 Special Mention- Cosquín Film Festival, Argentina for The Palace
2013 Best Documentary – Alucine Film Festival, Canada for The Palace
2013 Jay Scott Prize -Toronto Film Critics Association, Canada
2012 Grand Prix du Jury - Festival La Roche-sur-Yon, France for Greatest Hits
2012 Fipresci Award – Habana Film Festival, Cuba for Greatest Hits
2012 Best director - Lakino :: Latin Film Festival Berlin, Germany for Greatest Hits
2012 Best film – Baja Film Festival, Los Cabos, Mexico for Greatest Hits
2012 Best film – Courtisane Film Festival, Belgium for Interview with the earth
2011 Best film – Cinema of the Future – BAFICI, Argentina for Summer of Goliath
2010 Premio Orizzonti – Venice Film Festival, Italy for Summer of Goliath
2010 Best film – Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile for Summer of Goliath
2010 Critics prize - Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile for Summer of Goliath
2010 Special Mention – L’alternativa, Spain for Summer of Goliath
2010 Images Prize - Images Festival, Toronto for All things were now overtaken by silence
2010 Best film - World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands for Juntos
2010 Best film - Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico for Perpetuum Mobile
2009 Best film - Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico for Perpetuum Mobile
2009 Best director - Gramado International Film Festival, Brasil for Perpetuum Mobile
2009 Best film -Under construction, Toulouse Film Festival, France for Perpetuum Mobile
2009 K.M. Hunter Artist Award, Canada
2008 Best film - Levante Film Festival, Italia for Interview with the Earth
2008 Best documentary - Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal for Interview with the Earth
2008 Best documentary – Guanajuato film festival, Mexico for Interview with the Earth
2008 Best documentary - Flexiff, Australia for Interview with the Earth
2008 French critics award - Toulouse Film Festival, France for Where are their Stories
2007 Best film - Morelia International Film Festival, Mexico for Where are their Stories
Filmography[]
- Where Are Their Stories? - 2007
- (Juntos) - 2009
- - 2009
- All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence - 2010
- - 2010
- The Greatest Hits - 2012
- Killing Strangers - 2013
- Los ausentes - 2014
- (El aula vacía) -2015
- Minotaur - 2015
- Tales of Two Who Dreamt (Historias de dos que soñaron) - 2016
- My Skin, Luminous - 2019
- Fauna - 2020
- Dear Chantal - 2021
References[]
- ^ "Perpetual Motion: The Films of Nicolás Pereda | The Cinematheque". www.thecinematheque.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ James Adams (8 January 2013). "Sarah Polley's family doc wins $100,000 prize at Toronto Film Critics' gala". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
Other honorees on Tuesday were Ryerson University’s Andrew Moir, awarded the $5,000 Manulife Financial Best Student Film Award for his short documentary on Lou Gehrig’s disease, Just As I Remember, and York University film graduate Nicolás Pereda, named the recipient of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize for talented emerging artist. The prize, named after the late Globe and Mail film critic (1949-1993), consists of a $5,000 cash award and $5,000 in post-production services.
- ^ Jason Anderson, "Local attention for international director: Mexican-Canadian filmmaker Nicolas Pereda gets belated recognition in adopted home". Toronto Star, 16 November 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Where Are Their Stories? | The Cinematheque". www.thecinematheque.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Nicolás Pereda". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2017.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Walls, Seth Colter (6 July 2011). "Nicolas Pereda: Here Are His Stories". Village Voice. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Where Are Their Stories? The Films of Nicolás Pereda - Harvard Film Archive". hcl.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Nicolás Pereda". IMDb. Retrieved 30 March 2020.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Nicolás Pereda | dafilms.com". dafilms.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Nicolás Pereda". IFFR. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ cinema-scope.com https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-magazine/nicolas-pereda/. Retrieved 30 March 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Nicolás Pereda | Mason Gross School of the Arts". www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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- Living people
- Mexican film directors
- Film directors from Toronto
- York University alumni
- 1982 births
- Mexican emigrants to Canada