# Samuel Van Grinsven

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New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter

**Samuel Van Grinsven** is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut feature film *[Sequin in a Blue Room](/source/Sequin_in_a_Blue_Room)* was released in 2019.[2]

A graduate of the [Australian Film, Television and Radio School](/source/Australian_Film%2C_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](/source/Queer) in a conservative part of Australia.[2] The film premiered in June 2019 at the [66th Sydney Film Festival](/source/66th_Sydney_Film_Festival), where it was the winner of the Audience Award for best Australian narrative feature.[3] It was an [AACTA Award](/source/AACTA_Award) nominee for [Best Indie Film](/source/AACTA_Award_for_Best_Indie_Film) at the [9th AACTA Awards](/source/9th_AACTA_Awards),[4] and received commercial distribution in Australia in 2020 before going into wider international distribution in 2021.[5]

His second feature film, *[Went Up the Hill](/source/Went_Up_the_Hill)*, premiered at the [2024 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-slatter_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-slatter_1-1) Sean Slatter, ["Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Went Up the Hill’ to join Rebel Wilson’s ‘The Deb’ at TIFF"](https://if.com.au/samuel-van-grinsvens-went-up-the-hill-to-join-rebel-wilsons-the-deb-at-tiff/). *[IF Magazine](/source/IF_Magazine)*, 23 July 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-queerreview_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-queerreview_2-1) James Kleinman, ["Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room"](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/). *The Queer Review*, 11 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Don Groves, ["Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Sequin in a Blue Room’ sets international release"](https://if.com.au/samuel-van-grinsvens-sequin-in-a-blue-room-sets-international-release/). *[IF Magazine](/source/IF_Magazine)*, 24 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Tom Grater, ["‘The Nightingale’, ‘Lambs Of God’ Lead 2019 Australian Academy Awards Nominations"](https://deadline.com/2019/10/the-nightingale-lambs-of-god-2019-australian-academy-awards-1202766813/). *[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)*, 23 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Peter DeBruge, ["‘Sequin in a Blue Room’ Review: A Striking, Highly Stylized Plunge Into 21st-Century Gay Hookup Culture"](https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/sequin-in-a-blue-room-review-1234978496/). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*, 21 May 2021.

## External links

- [Samuel Van Grinsven](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9762611/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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