Drew Lint (born 1987) is a

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film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film '' M/M'' debuted at the 2018

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. Originally from Dunnville,

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, he studied film production at

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. He directed a number of short films, including ''Parallel Lines'' (2008), ''Collected Memories'' (2008), ''Harvest'' (2009) and ''Mirrors'' (2012), before moving to

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in 2013. His 2014 short film ''Rough Trade'' was his international breakthrough, premiering at Slamdance in 2014. Lint was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's Discovery Award in 2018,Connie Thiessen
"DGC’s list of top new Canadian filmmakers to watch"
''Broadcast Dialogue'', September 10, 2018. and was shortlisted for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's One to Watch Award at the

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