''Enigmatico'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by and released in 1995.Shirley Knott, "Portraits of the Artists A new documentary about Italian-Canadian artists has more to do with sociology than art". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...

'', June 28, 1995. The film explores

Italian-Canadian Italian Canadians or Italo-Canadians (; ) are Canadian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who migrated to Canada as part of the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Canada. Accordi ...

culture through the experiences of various Italian-Canadian artistic and cultural figures, including

Louis Quilico Louis Quilico, (January 14, 1925 – July 15, 2000) was a Canadian opera singer. One of the leading dramatic baritones of his day, he was an ideal interpreter of the great Italian and French composers, especially Giuseppe Verdi. He was often ...

Nino Ricci Nino Pio Ricci (born 1959) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario.Nino Ricci's
...

, Marco Micone, Filippo Salvatore,

Antonio D'Alfonso Antonio D'Alfonso (born 6 August 1953)Filippo Salvatore, ''Ancient Memories, Modern Identities''. Guernica Editions, 1999. . is a Canadian writer, editor, publisher, and filmmaker, best known as the founder of Guernica Editions. Biography Anto ...

Mary di Michele Mary di Michele (born 6 August 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet and author.Joseph Pivato. Mary Di Michele: Essays on Her Works'. Guernica Editions; 2007. . p. 206–. She was a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec where she taug ...

, Carmelo Arnoldin, Vince Mancuso, Gianna Patriarca, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Maristella Roca and

Quartetto Gelato Quartetto Gelato is a Canadian classical crossover quartet with current members Colin Maier, Matti Pulkki, Kirk Starkey, and Tino Popovic, and based in Hamilton, Ontario. Their musical repertoire consists of a mix of classical masterworks with ...

.Susan Walker, "Italian Canadian artists stand astride two different cultures". ''

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'', February 10, 1995. The film premiered in February 1995 at Cinema in Citta, a special mini-festival of Italian Canadian films at the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

's John Spotton Theatre, and later received its television premiere on

TVOntario TVO (stylized in all lowercase as tvo), formerly known as TVOntario, is a Canadian Public broadcasting, publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates ...

in June 1995. Other films in the Cinema in Citta program included '' Caffè Italia, Montréal'', ''Brown Bread Sandwiches'', ''Blast 'Em'' and ''

The Saracen Woman ''The Saracen Woman'' () is a Cinema of Canada, Canadian drama film, released in 1992."La Sarrasine shows that cultural clashes are not something new". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 16, 1992. Directed by Paul Tana and written by Tana and Bruno Ram ...

(La Sarrasine)''. The film was a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...

nominee for Best Short Documentary at the

16th Genie Awards The 16th Genie Awards were held on January 14, 1996, to honour films released in 1995."Two films divide Genie spoils". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 15, 1996. The ceremony took place in Montreal at Société Radio-Canada's Studio 42. For the f ...

in 1993.Rob Salem, "Lepage movie tops Genie list: Le Confessionnal nabs a dozen nominations as first-time directors dominate". ''

'', November 8, 1995.

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* * 1995 films 1995 short documentary films Canadian short documentary films National Film Board of Canada documentaries National Film Board of Canada short films English-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films Works about Italian-Canadian culture {{1990s-Canada-documentary-film-stub