Kiva Reardon is a

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film programmer, writer, editor, and commentator.

Background

Reardon grew up in

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, and credits watching

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's long-running ''

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'' as her first introduction to film studies. Reardon is fluent in both

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and

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Studies

Reardon graduated with a bachelor's degree in Cultural Studies from

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in 2010. She then entered the

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program at the

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's Cinema Studies Institute, graduating in 2013. During her Masters she interned on a film by

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Career

In 2013, Reardon founded ''cléo: a journal of film and feminism—''a publication dedicated to film and film culture and informed by intersectional feminist perspectives. The journal was named for the protagonist of

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's 1962 film ''

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.'' The journal published a total of 19 issues over six years. In August 2019, following a loss of funding due to cuts to the Ontario Arts Council by the

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government, the editors announced that the 19th issue of ''cléo'' would be the last. In December 2019, the journal published a print compendium titled ''the cléo reader: 2013-2019.'' In 2018, Reardon spoke at the

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as part of their season dedicated to

. In December 2019, Reardon gave the keynote address for a film series in

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that opened with ''Cléo from 5 to 7''. Reardon has worked at a number of film festivals, including the Miami Film Festival,

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, and the

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. She was the lead programmer of Contemporary World Cinema at the

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from 2017 to 2020. ''

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'' profiled Reardon during TIFF 2019, describing her efforts to curate a more inclusive selection of films. After relocating to Los Angeles in 2020, Reardon held the position of associate director of Film Programs at the

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. In 2022, Reardon joined

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and Mark Ceryak's production company, Pastel, as VP Film.

References

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