Raquel Sancinetti

Raquel Sancinetti is a Brazilian-Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. With a background in international relations and semiotics, she earned her degree in Film Animation from Concordia University in 2013. Since then, she has been working in independent films. Her debut work, the animated documentary short film Madeleine (2023), has been selected for numerous festivals and has won 28 awards, including three grand jury prizes (Seattle Internatinal Film Festival, Uppsala Internationl Short Film Festival and Edmonton International Film Festival) that made the film eligible for the Oscars. The film also won the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Short Documentary, and the Iris prize for Best Animated film.

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