Lenin M. Sivam
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Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Jaffna
, Sri Lanka
and moved to Toronto
, Canada
in 1991. Sivam is a self-taught storyteller. He writes and directs all of his movies. His diverse and controversial body of work is well respected in Canada. His first short, A Few Good People, won the Best Short Film of the Year Award from the Independent Art Film Society in 2006.
1999
, Sivam’s first full feature, was a labour of love, produced on a shoestring budget. It world premiered at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival
and it was touring other film festivals across the world. 1999 won many awards including the audience choice award at the 2010 Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival
.
Sivam received an award for his 2006 short film A Few Good People (Iniyavarkal).
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and moved to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1991. Sivam is a self-taught storyteller. He writes and directs all of his movies. His diverse and controversial body of work is well respected in Canada. His first short, A Few Good People, won the Best Short Film of the Year Award from the Independent Art Film Society in 2006.
1999
1999 (film)
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, Sivam’s first full feature, was a labour of love, produced on a shoestring budget. It world premiered at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
The Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...
and it was touring other film festivals across the world. 1999 won many awards including the audience choice award at the 2010 Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival
ReelWorld Film Festival
ReelWorld Film Festival is a five-day film festival held annually in downtown Toronto. The festival screens "features, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and other multi-racial communities."-History:ReelWorld was...
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Sivam received an award for his 2006 short film A Few Good People (Iniyavarkal).
Filmography
- A Few Good People (Iniyavarkal) (2006)
- Strength (Uruthy) (2007)
- The Next Door (2008) - short thriller
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(2009)