Martin Edralin is a Canadian film director. His first short film, ''
Hole
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'', won the
Canadian Screen Award
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Toronto International Film Festival
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's year-end Canada's Top Ten list in 2016,"TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"
CBC News
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SXSW
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and was awarded Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Performance. '' Islands'' was nominated at the
10th Canadian Screen Awards
The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2021.Etan Vlessing"Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor" ''The Hollyw ...
in the categories of
Best Actor
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The term most often refers to th ...