Simon Galiero (born July 11, 1978) is a Canadian film director and a screenwriter from

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. He is most noted for his 2007 short film '' Our Jail Is a Kingdom'' (''Notre prison est un royaume''), which won the

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for

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at the

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in 2008. His feature-length debut, '' Clouds Over the City'' (''Nuages sur la ville''), was released in 2009,"Nuages sur la ville de Simon Galiero: bande-annonce"
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'', November 9, 2009. and won the award for "Best Canadian Film" at that year's

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.Brendan Kelly, "A grand opening for Simon Galiero". ''

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'', October 10, 2012. His second feature film, '' Small Blind'' (''La mise à l'aveugle''), was released in 2012. He has also directed the short films ''À l'insu du plein gré'' (2001), ''Encore dimanche'' (2002), ''L'Immigré'' (2005) and ''Jean Pierre Lefebvre'' (2013).

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