Nicolás Pereda

Mexican-Canadian film director

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Nicolás Pereda

Pereda at the Berlinale in 2016

Born| 1982
Nationality| Mexican, Canadian
Occupation(s)| Film director and writer
Years active| 2000s–present
Spouse| Andrea Bussmann

Nicolás Pereda (born 1982) is a Mexican-Canadian film director. To date, he has directed nine features and three short films.[1]

## Personal life

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Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982; he holds dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship[citation needed] and is a resident of Toronto, where he studied filmmaking at York University.[2] He received his Bachelor degree of Fine Arts in Films in 2005 and his Master in 2007.[3]

He is married to film director Andrea Bussmann, with whom he codirected the 2016 film Tales of Two Who Dreamt.[4]

## Career

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Pereda's films, which have been financed by both Mexican and Canadian funds, have been predominantly shot in Mexico and are "resolutely Mexican in their intimate attention to class, culture, social structure, and family relations in Mexican society."[5]

His films have been exhibited in festivals around the world, including at the Venice Film Festival, Berlinale, Rotterdam, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Pereda's work has also been presented at several retrospectives in various festivals, cinemateques and archives around the world, including the Anthology Film Archives,[6] the Pacific Film Archive, and the Harvard Film Archive, 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."[7][8][9]

His films have been described as "meticulous, minimalist, deadpan."[5][10]

### Other work

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He formerly served as the Director of the Filmmaking Program, a new BFA program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey.[11] He is currently an Assistant Professor at University of California, Berkeley.

## Awards

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* 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? \- 2007
* Together (Juntos) \- 2009
* Perpetuum Mobile \- 2009
* All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence \- 2010
* Summer of Goliath \- 2010
* The Greatest Hits \- 2012
* Killing Strangers \- 2013
* Los ausentes \- 2014
* The Empty Classroom (El aula vacía) \- 2015
* Minotaur \- 2015
* Tales of Two Who Dreamt (Historias de dos que soñaron) \- 2016
* My Skin, Luminous \- 2019
* Fauna \- 2020
* Dear Chantal \- 2021
* Lázaro at Night (Lázaro de noche) \- 2024

## References

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1. ^ "Perpetual Motion: The Films of Nicolás Pereda | The Cinematheque". www.thecinematheque.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. ^ James Adams (8 January 2013). "Sarah Polley's family doc wins $100,000 prize at Toronto Film Critics' gala". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 January 2016. "Other honorees on Tuesday were Ryerson University's Andrew Moir, awarded the $5,000 Manulife Financial Best Student Film Award for his short documentary on Lou Gehrig's disease, Just As I Remember, and York University film graduate Nicolás Pereda, named the recipient of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize for talented emerging artist. The prize, named after the late Globe and Mail film critic (1949-1993), consists of a $5,000 cash award and $5,000 in post-production services."
3. ^ Microsoft Word - cvNicolasPereda2020.docx (berkeley.edu)
4. ^ Jason Anderson, "Local attention for international director: Mexican-Canadian filmmaker Nicolas Pereda gets belated recognition in adopted home". Toronto Star, 16 November 2012.
5. ^ a b "Where Are Their Stories? | The Cinematheque". www.thecinematheque.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
6. ^ Walls, Seth Colter (6 July 2011). "Nicolas Pereda: Here Are His Stories". Village Voice. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
7. ^ "Where Are Their Stories? The Films of Nicolás Pereda - Harvard Film Archive". hcl.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
8. ^ "Nicolás Pereda | dafilms.com". dafilms.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
9. ^ "Nicolás Pereda". IFFR. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
10. ^ "Nicolás Pereda". cinema-scope.com. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
11. ^ "Nicolás Pereda | Mason Gross School of the Arts". www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

## External links

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* Nicolás Pereda at IMDb

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