Nicolás Pereda 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 in 1982; he holds dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship and is a resident of Toronto, where he studied filmmaking at York University. He is married to film director Andrea Bussmann, with whom he codirected the 2016 film Tales of Two Who Dreamt.
Career
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." 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, 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." His films have been described as "meticulous, minimalist, deadpan."
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
Where Are Their Stories?
Together
Perpetuum Mobile
All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence
Summer of Goliath
The Greatest Hits
Killing Strangers
Los ausentes
El Aula Vacía
Minotaur
Tales of Two Who Dreamt
My Skin, Luminous
Fauna
Retrospectives
2018 Mexican Cinematheque, Mexico City, Mexico 2018 Quito International Film Festival, Ecuador 2018 Cine Tonalá, Tijuana, Mexico 2018 Faro de Oriente, Mexico City, Mexico 2018 Cine Villa Olimpica, Mexico City, Mexico 2017 Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain 2017 Festival Cinemistica, Granada, Spain 2016 Brussels Cinematek, Belgium 2015 University of Texas, Austin, USA 2014 Play-Doc Film Festival, Spain 2014 CGAI, Galicia, Spain 2014 International Film Festival Universitario de Chiapas, Mexico 2014 Zacatecas Cinematheque, Mexico 2014 Veracruz Cultural Institute, Mexico 2013 La Roche Sur-Yon Film Festival, France 2013 Museum of the city of Queretaro, Mexico 2012 Tiff Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada 2012 Sala Lugones, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012 Mostra de Cinema de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2012 Madrid Cinematheque, Madrid, Spain 2011 Anthology Film Archive, New York City, NY, USA 2011 Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA, USA 2011 Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA 2011 Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011 Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, USA 2011 Paris Cinema, Paris, France 2011 Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea 2011 UCLA Film Archive, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2011 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA 2011 Cartagena International Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombia 2010 Valdivia International Film Festival, Valdivia, Chile 2010 Cine Las Americas, Austin Film Society, Texas, USA
