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SHORT NARRATIVE

Aron's perfect day is not so perfect.

Cast: Nicolas Sampedro-Sillmann.

Director Biography

Mark, a multi-COTB alum, is an award-winning writer/director/producer. He is also the founder of MAD Resilience Films where he has written, directed and produced 28 short films and theatre productions. In 2014, his film Basted won Best International Film at the Milledgeville Film Festival. That was the first of a slew of accolades he collected for his subsequent films White Lock, Still Closed, and Mismatch and Lighter. He has received over 150 official selections on the festival circuit in France, Germany, Canada, India, the US and the UK. He has also been a featured panelist in Atlanta and Toronto, where he discussed the art of Writing a Short Film, and Diversity in the Film Industry.

Mark made his French-language directorial debut with the dysfunctional family drama “Pardonnez-moi Mon Père” (Forgive Me Father). His latest productions include "Oksana and Viktor", about ex lovers who maintain an ill-fated long distance friendship, and “Limited", an examination of a tormented mother's attempt to reconcile her differences with her abusive son, all having screened at COTB.

Mark is currently writing his first feature length script, entitled "Valency".
Mark Datuin
Mark Datuin
Mark Datuin
2021
5 Minutes
Ontario, Canada
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