Santiago Bertolino
Santiago Bertolino is an independent director and screenwriter. Amazonie, à la rencontre des gardiens et des gardiennes de la forêt is his 4th feature film. NIN E TEPUEIAN (My Cry), his 3rd feature-length documentary, was released in Quebec cinemas in January 2020. It portrays Innu artist Natasha Kanapé Fontaine and is produced by Le Studio Via le Monde Inc.
In 2016, he directed Un journalist au front (A reporter on the front lines). Produced by the NFB, this film follows a freelance reporter in a Middle-East war zone. Filming took him to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Israel/Palestine, Egypt and Turkey. In 2013, along with Hugo Samson, he co-directed a first full-length feature film on Québec students’ protest against rising tuition fees during the famous “Printemps érable”. First aired on Télé-Québec, Carré rouge sur fond noir (red square on a black background) earned two Gémeaux awards: one for best documentary on social issues and another for best screenplay.