Federico Hidalgo
Federico Hidalgo is a filmmaker, film director and film professor in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has directed five feature-length, fiction films to date: A Silent Love (2004), Imitation (2006), The Skeptic (L'Incrédule) (2012), Le Concierge (2014) and The Great Traveller (2019), as well as a feature-length documentary, New Tricks (2009). All five of these films were produced by Atopia (film studio).
Federico Hidalgo
- Born
- 1972
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Education
- Concordia University · Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
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A Silent Love, co-written with his wife Paulina Robles, was nominated for a Genie Award for best original screenplay and was accepted to the Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Best Screenplay Award at 2004 Brooklyn International Film Festival. Variety wrote that the film "offers a diverting spin on the mail-order-bride premise, making a charming feature debut for writer-director Federico Hidalgo and co-writer Paulina Robles (Hidalgo's wife)." Hidalgo is both a graduate of and professor at the Concordia University Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, as well as a part-time professor in the department of communication studies.
Federico Hidalgo studied at Concordia University and Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. Employment is recorded with Concordia University.
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- 1.T'Cha Dunlevy, "So, what's it really about? Hidalgo's tale of couples starting a mysterious business is offbeat and ambiguous". Montreal Gazette, August 10, 2012.
- 2.'Le dernier tunnel' leads Genie nominations. CBC News. 2005-02-08.
- 3.Reed Publishing. A Silent Love - Awards. Variety. September 2010.
- 4.Foundas, Scott. A Silent Love. Variety. Reed Publishing. 2004-03-07.
- 5.Cinema professor in Genie contention. Concordia's Thursday Report. 2005-03-17.
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