Katherine Jerkovic is a

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film director."Ventana Sur: Katherine Jerkovic on Personal References, Icebergs and Whispered Truths"
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'', December 13, 2018. Her debut feature film, ''

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(Les routes en février)'', won the

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at the

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."'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win"
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'', September 16, 2018. Her second feature, titled ''Coyote'', also opened at TIFF in 2022 and has received several awards. Of Croatian,

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and

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descent, Jerkovic grew up in Belgium and Uruguay before moving at age 18 to

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, where she studied film at

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. She directed the short films ''Atlas sur l'aube'' in 2004 and ''The Winter's Keeper (Le gardien d'hiver)'' in 2010 before directing ''Roads in February''. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end

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list for 2018,"TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"
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'', December 5, 2018. and Jerkovic won the

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's "One to Watch" award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018."Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Haida-language 'Edge of the Knife'"

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, January 8, 2019. She was also a nominee for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Her second narrative feature, titled ''

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'', began shooting in fall 2021,. It premiered at the

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and was awarded Best Canadian Feature and Best Actor (Jorge Martinez Colorado) at the Whistler Film festival. It had its US premiere at the

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in competition and won Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor (Jorge Martinez Colorado) at the Brooklyn Film Festival.

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