Katherine Jerkovic

Katherine Jerkovic is a Canadian film director.[1] Her debut feature film, Roads in February (Les routes en février), won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

Of Croatian, Uruguayan and Argentine descent, Jerkovic grew up in Belgium and Uruguay before moving at age 18 to Montreal, where she studied film at Concordia University.[1] She directed the short films Atlas sur l'aube in 2004 and The Winter's Keeper (Le gardien d'hiver) in 2010 before directing Roads in February.

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018,[3] and Jerkovic won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's "One to Watch" award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.[4] She was also a nominee for Best Director and Best Screenplay.[5] Her second narrative feature, titled Coyote, has received production funding in Quebec and the shooting is planned for 2021.[6]

References
  1. "Ventana Sur: Katherine Jerkovic on Personal References, Icebergs and Whispered Truths". Variety, December 13, 2018.
  2. "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily, September 16, 2018.
  3. "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
  4. "Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Haida-language 'Edge of the Knife'". CityNews, January 8, 2019.
  5. "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, December 1, 2018.
  6. "La SODEC soutiendra quinze longs métrages de fiction". Sodec, May 14, 2020.
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