AWARDS
AWARDS &
NOMINATIONS
ZOILA AND ANDY
TIFF-CBC Films Screenwriter Award
EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
The Black Tulip Award, Imagine Film Festival Amsterdam (2012)
Melies d’Argent Award, Leeds International Film Festival (2012)
Nacrcisse Award Nominee, Best Fantastic Feature Film Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival (2012)
PERFECT
Volkswagen Film Circuit (2004)
HAVANA KIDS
Nominated for Best Documentary under Thirty Minutes and Best Cinematography - The Yorkton Film Festival (1997)
Nominated for Best Short Film – Hot Docs! (1997)
Best Independent Documentary and Second Best Festival Entry – Canadian IFF (1996)
Certificate of merit – Chicago IFF (1996)
GRANTS &
FELLOWSHIPS
CFC-NETFLIX
Project Development accelerator ZOILA AND ANDY
Market Place accelerator GOODBYE TOMORROW
NBC UNIVERSAL
NBCUniversal Emerging Directors Program (current)
TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE
TRIBECA ALL ACCESS (2013 ALUMNI Cobarde)
TFI NETWORK (inaugural candidate 2014)
CANADA ARTS COUNCIL
Production grant (Beso Nocturno)
Writing Grant (Henrique's Bullet)
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
Grants to Media Artist (Beso Nocturno)
TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL
Production Grant to Media Artists (Beso Nocturno)
FESTIVALS &
SCREENINGS
EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
Tribeca Film Festival (US premiere)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Central Europe)
Fantasia Film Festival (Canadian premiere)
Fantasporto (European premiere)
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Strasbourg International Film Festival
BESO NOCTURNO
MoMA New York retrospective – Global Queer Cinema (2006),
TIFF – Discovery Section (2000)