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Vic Sarin

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Vic Sarin
CM
The Jury of Competition Section headed by Mr. Joao Batista de Andrade (Brazil), along with the members, Mr. Vic Sarin (Canada), Mr. Kenichi Okubu (Tokyo) Ms. Sarika (India) and Mr. Jean-Michel Frodon (France).jpg
Vic Sarin, IFFI (2009)
Born
India
NationalityCanadian, American
OccupationFilm director
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Victor Sarin CM (born 1945) is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, producer and screenwriter. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum, Whale Music, Nowhere to Hide, Norman's Awesome Experience, and Riel. He also directed Partition, Left Behind, and Wind at My Back.

Career

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Born in Kashmir, India, Sarin is a director, writer and cinematographer. He has worked on over 100 feature films, documentaries and television specials across multiple genres, Sarin’s films have been nominated for and won Emmys, Genies, Geminis and Canada Screen.

Sarin’s films have screened at film festivals including TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca, London, Shanghai, San Sebastian, Sydney, and Goa.

Sarin’s feature films include Partition, a period love story between a Muslim and a Sikh, set against the partition of India, starring Irrfan Khan and Neve Campbell and A Shine of Rainbows, a family drama starring Connie Neilson and Aidan Quinn that debuted at TIFF and Cold Comfort.

Sarin directed Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, for which he won an Emmy, The Boy from Geita, about the treatment of people with albinism in Tanzania, and Keepers of the Magic, about cinematography.

In 2003, Sarin co-founded Sepia Films.

Filmography

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Director

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Writer

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  • A Shine on Rainbows
  • Partition

Executive producer

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Awards and accolades

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References

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  1. ^ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
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