Rohan Fernando (also known as Cecil Fernando) is a Canadian visual artist, painter and film maker based in Halifax,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native En ...

. Fernando has directed two films for the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

; ''Trudeau's Other Children'' and ''Cecil's Journey'' about his ambivalence towards his identity and his trip to

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th mos ...

, Sri Lanka, where Fernando was born. His short film, ''La Cucaracha'', was the winner of the Guilty Pleasures Award from the 1996 Northwest Film & Video Festival. Fernando directed ''Snow'' in 2011, that follows the life of a

Tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater exp ...

survivor played by Kalista Zackhariyas, which opened the ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto after its world premiere at the

Cinequest Film Festival The Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival is an annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California and Redwood City, California. The international festival combines the cinematic arts with Silicon Valley’s innovation. It is ...

in San Jose.

References

External links

Cecil's Journey Film WebsiteZwicker Gallery Artist Profile
Film directors from Nova Scotia Canadian painters Canadian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent Sri Lankan Tamil artists Living people Artists from Nova Scotia People from Halifax, Nova Scotia Year of birth missing (living people) Asian-Canadian filmmakers {{Canada-artist-stub