Deco Dawson is the professional name of Darryl Kinaschuk, a

Ukrainian Canadian Ukrainian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born people who immigrated to Canada. In the late 19th century, the first Ukrainian immigrants arrived in the east coast of Canada. They were primarily farmers and l ...

experimental filmmaker. He is most noted as a two-time winner of the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film, winning at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival for '' FILM(dzama)'' and at the

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for '' Keep a Modest Head'', and was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Short Documentary for the latter film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013. In his early career, he was also a regular collaborator with

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, with whom he was credited as editor on '' The Heart of the World'' and '' Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary'', serving as associate-co-director on the latter. In addition, Dawson acted as the co-cinematographer on Maddin's '' The Heart of the World,'' '' Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary'' and ''Fancy, Fancy Being Rich'' and both the editor and co-cinematographer on the

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music video for "It's a Wonderful Life". Dawson first started working in the theatre at the age of 17 where a few years later Guy Maddin attended one of his plays entitled ''A Silent Act'', a 65-minute silent, physical comedy play created in the style of the

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and

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. In 2016, Dawson provided projected video elements for the

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's production of '' Chimerica''. In addition to his own film projects, Dawson continues to work semi-regularly in the theatre as a video projection designer. His debut feature film ''

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'' premiered on October 8, 2022 in Montreal at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma."La programmation de la 51e édition du Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), prévue du 5 au 16 octobre 2022"
''Bible Urbaine'', October 5, 2022.

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