Andrew Cividino
| Andrew Cividino | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1983 (age 33) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Notable work | Sleeping Giant |
Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his feature film debut Sleeping Giant, which premiered 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, though it did not win. Cividino lost the Best Director award to Lenny Abrahamson for Room.[10]
Other work
In 2016, TIFF announced they had selected Cividino as their annual Len Blum resident, where he will develop his short film We Ate the Children Last.[11]
Influences and style
Cividino has listed numerous films and filmmakers as influences for Sleeping Giant, including Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock, Mike Nichols' The Graduate and Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank.[12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
- 1 2 "Director Andrew Cividino navigates Canadian system to find success". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "'Sleeping Giant' review: Stunning debut a towering achievement". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Altered worlds on TIFF's Canuck slate". Toronto Star, August 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ "VIFF Announces BC Spotlight and Canadian Images Awards" (Press release). Vancouver International Film Festival. 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards - Academy". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ Erbland, Kate (2016-08-03). "TIFF Adds New Round of Titles, Including 'It's Only the End of the World,' 'Mean Dreams' and More". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ↑ "5 films that inspired the breakout director of Sleeping Giant". Retrieved 2016-07-14.