Nicolás Pereda (born 1982) is a Mexican-Canadian film director. To date, he has directed nine features and three short films.

Personal life

Pereda was born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

in 1982; he holds dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship and is a resident of

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, where he studied filmmaking at

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

. He is married to film director Andrea Bussmann, with whom he codirected the 2016 film ''

Tales of Two Who Dreamt ''Tales of Two Who Dreamt'' ( es, Historias de dos que soñaron) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nicolás Pereda and Andrea Bussmann and released in 2016.Paloma Pacheco"Preview: Werewolf and Tales of Two Who Dreamt at VIFF" ''SAD Mag ...

''.

Career

Pereda's films, which have been financed by both Mexican and Canadian funds, have been predominantly shot in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and are "resolutely Mexican in their intimate attention to class, culture, social structure, and family relations in Mexican society." His films have been exhibited in festivals around the world, including at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

Berlinale The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

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, and the

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. Pereda's work has also been presented at several retrospectives in various festivals, cinemateques and archives around the world, including the

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, and the

Harvard Film Archive The Harvard Film Archive (HFA) is a film archive and cinema located in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of film, the HFA houses a c ...

, which wrote of his work: "Pereda’s films are resolutely Mexican in focus and almost exclusively deal with stories drawn directly from the everyday lives and worlds of their working-class characters." His films have been described as "meticulous, minimalist, deadpan."

Other work

He formerly served as the Director of the Filmmaking Program, a new BFA program at the

Mason Gross School of the Arts Mason Gross School of the Arts is the arts conservatory at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is named for Mason W. Gross, the sixteenth president of Rutgers. Mason Gross offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Theater, Digi ...

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. He is currently an Assistant Professor at University of California, Berkeley.

Awards

* 2016 Special Mention – RIDM, Montreal, Canada for Tales of Two who Dreamt * 2016 Best film– FICUNAM, Mexico for Minotaur * 2015 Special Mention – Margenes Festival, Spain for The Absent * 2014 Best film– FICUNAM, Mexico for The Palace * 2013 Best documentary – Curtas Vila Do Conde, Portugal for The Palace * 2013 Special Mention- Cosquín Film Festival, Argentina for The Palace * 2013 Best Documentary – Alucine Film Festival, Canada for The Palace * 2013 Jay Scott Prize -Toronto Film Critics Association, Canada * 2012 Grand Prix du Jury - Festival La Roche-sur-Yon, France for Greatest Hits * 2012 Fipresci Award – Habana Film Festival, Cuba for Greatest Hits * 2012 Best director - Lakino :: Latin Film Festival Berlin, Germany for Greatest Hits * 2012 Best film – Baja Film Festival, Los Cabos, Mexico for Greatest Hits * 2012 Best film – Courtisane Film Festival, Belgium for Interview with the earth * 2011 Best film – Cinema of the Future – BAFICI, Argentina for Summer of Goliath * 2010 Premio Orizzonti – Venice Film Festival, Italy for Summer of Goliath * 2010 Best film – Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile for Summer of Goliath * 2010 Critics prize - Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile for Summer of Goliath * 2010 Special Mention – L’alternativa, Spain for Summer of Goliath * 2010 Images Prize - Images Festival, Toronto for All things were now overtaken by silence * 2010 Best film - World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands for Juntos * 2010 Best film - Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico for Perpetuum Mobile * 2009 Best film - Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico for Perpetuum Mobile * 2009 Best director - Gramado International Film Festival, Brasil for Perpetuum Mobile * 2009 Best film -Under construction, Toulouse Film Festival, France for Perpetuum Mobile * 2009 K.M. Hunter Artist Award, Canada * 2008 Best film - Levante Film Festival, Italia for Interview with the Earth * 2008 Best documentary - Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal for Interview with the Earth * 2008 Best documentary – Guanajuato film festival, Mexico for Interview with the Earth * 2008 Best documentary - Flexiff, Australia for Interview with the Earth * 2008 French critics award - Toulouse Film Festival, France for Where are their Stories * 2007 Best film - Morelia International Film Festival, Mexico for Where are their Stories

Filmography

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Where Are Their Stories? ''Where Are Their Stories?'' ( es, ¿Dónde están sus historias?) is a 2007 film directed by Mexican-Canadian filmmaker Nicolás Pereda.Robert Koehler"Where Are Their Stories?" ''Variety'', February 7, 2008. The plot is about a young man, Gabino, ...

'' - 2007 *''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi P ...

(Juntos)'' - 2009 *'' Perpetuum Mobile'' - 2009 *''All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence'' - 2010 *''

Summer of Goliath ''Summer of Goliath'' () is a 2010 Canadian-Mexican-Dutch drama film written and directed by Nicolás Pereda. A hybrid between fiction and documentary, the film won the Orizzonti competition at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival ...

'' - 2010 *''The Greatest Hits'' - 2012 *''Killing Strangers'' - 2013 *''Los ausentes'' - 2014 *''

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(El aula vacía)'' -2015 *''Minotaur'' - 2015 *''

(Historias de dos que soñaron)'' - 2016 *''My Skin, Luminous'' - 2019 *''

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'' - 2020 *''Dear Chantal'' - 2021

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereda, Nicolas Living people Mexican film directors Film directors from Toronto York University alumni 1982 births Mexican emigrants to Canada