Donna Caruso, filmmaker

Box 1477

Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada

SOG1SO

306-332-4470

 Donna Caruso, a documentary filmmaker of Italian descent, lives in Saskatchewan’s beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley, under blue skies and puffy clouds that remind her of the best of Michaelangelo’s church ceilings. Desperately rooted in her Italian culture, Donna makes award-winning films and videos rich in sumptuous images; films and videos which tell stories with a personal intimacy that heals and heartens. Donna’s films and videos have won awards internationally.

Selected awards include:

• DOLL HOSPITAL, Rhode Island Film Festival, 1998, and CanPro,1998; nominated Best Doc at Hot Docs, Toronto, 1998;
• TWIXT HEAVEN AND EARTH, several awards Montana International Wildlife Film Festival, 1999, and Columbus International Film Festival, 1998;
• RAPTURE OF THE DEEP CANADIAN POET ANNE SZUMIGALSKI, 2000, Rhode Island Film Festival;
• LIFE WITHOUT BORDERS Season One, nominated Best Documentary Series Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, 2003.

 

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