Winston DeGiobbi is a

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film director from New Waterford,

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.Solomon Nagler
"The Lingering Taste of Fragmented Narratives; A Conversation with Filmmaker Winston DeGiobbi"
''Off-Screen'', Volume 23, Issue 7 (July 2019). He is most noted for his feature debut ''

Mass for Shut-Ins ''Mass for Shut-Ins'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Winston DeGiobbi and released in 2017. The film stars Charles William McKenzie as Kay Jay, an aimless slacker living with his grandfather Loppers (Joey Lee Maclean) in New Waterford, N ...

'', which was shortlisted for the

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in 2017, and for the

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's One to Watch Award at the

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. He began his filmmaking career with the short film ''Buggery'' in 2010, and followed up with the short films ''Higgy Wants In'' (2014) and ''Bright Rubber Cones'' (2017). In 2020 he received

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funding for his second film ''Two Cuckolds Go Swimming''.Kelly Townsend
"Telefilm invests $7M across 20 English-language features"
'' Playback'', August 26, 2020. In the same year he repurposed unused footage from the film to make the short

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film ''Like a Horse in Quarantine'' for the

Greetings from Isolation Greetings from Isolation is a Canadian film project, launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Created by film programmer Stacey Donen as an "online film festival", the project features short films by Canadian film directors, created ...

project.Norman Wilner
"Canadian directors are making films in self-isolation"
''

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'', May 12, 2020.

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