Samuel Van Grinsven

{{Short description|New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter}} '''Samuel Van Grinsven''' is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter,<ref name=slatter>Sean Slatter, [https://if.com.au/samuel-van-grinsvens-went-up-the-hill-to-join-rebel-wilsons-the-deb-at-tiff/ "Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Went Up the Hill’ to join Rebel Wilson’s ‘The Deb’ at TIFF"]. ''[[IF Magazine]]'', 23 July 2024.</ref> whose debut feature film ''[[Sequin in a Blue Room]]'' was released in 2019.<ref name=queerreview>James Kleinman, [https://thequeerreview.com/2021/04/11/exclusive-interview-filmmaker-samuel-van-grinsven-on-his-seductive-queer-coming-of-age-tale-sequin-in-a-blue-room/ "Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room"]. ''The Queer Review'', 11 April 2021.</ref>

A graduate of the [[Australian Film, Television and Radio School]], Van Grinsven made ''Sequin in a Blue Room'' as his graduation project. Centred on the coming-of-age of a gay teenager, the film was based on Van Grinsven's own experiences growing up [[queer]] in a conservative part of Australia.<ref name=queerreview/> The film premiered in June 2019 at the [[66th Sydney Film Festival]], where it was the winner of the Audience Award for best Australian narrative feature.<ref>Don Groves, [https://if.com.au/samuel-van-grinsvens-sequin-in-a-blue-room-sets-international-release/ "Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Sequin in a Blue Room’ sets international release"]. ''[[IF Magazine]]'', 24 August 2020.</ref> It was an [[AACTA Award]] nominee for [[AACTA Award for Best Indie Film|Best Indie Film]] at the [[9th AACTA Awards]],<ref>Tom Grater, [https://deadline.com/2019/10/the-nightingale-lambs-of-god-2019-australian-academy-awards-1202766813/ "‘The Nightingale’, ‘Lambs Of God’ Lead 2019 Australian Academy Awards Nominations"]. ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'', 23 October 2019.</ref> and received commercial distribution in Australia in 2020 before going into wider international distribution in 2021.<ref>Peter DeBruge, [https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/sequin-in-a-blue-room-review-1234978496/ "‘Sequin in a Blue Room’ Review: A Striking, Highly Stylized Plunge Into 21st-Century Gay Hookup Culture"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 21 May 2021.</ref>

His second feature film, ''[[Went Up the Hill]]'', premiered at the [[2024 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=slatter/>

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