Simon Galiero

Directing

Simon Galiero

Place of birth

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Born in Montreal in 1978, Simon Galiero becomes coeditor of the online movie magazine Hors Champ (horschamp.qc.ca / offscreen.com), in which he publishes articles and interviews with filmmakers such as Atom Egoyan, Werner Herzog, Jonathan Nossiter. In 1999, he starts with Hors Champ a long series of projections/debates at the Cinémathèque québécoise, screening films of directors such as Brakhage, Buñuel, Ceylan, Ford, Godard, Herzog, Iosseliani, Kubelka, Lefebvre, Olmi. Since 1998, he directed a few shorts, documentary and fiction, like Encore dimanche, The Immigrant and Our jail is a kingdom (Notre prison est un royaume) which won the 2008 Jutra award for best short or medium-length film.

Known for

Small Blind poster
7.0

Denise is a woman of ripe age whose life has recently changed with the divorce from her husband Michel, the relocation to the neighborhood of her youth, and the retirement from her position as financial director in a large company now directed by her son, Alex. An object of contempt by her husband, her son and at her former workplace, Denise desperately clings to them, unable to communicate. This changes when Denise meets her new neighbors who initiate her to the world of poker. Little by little, she submits to the pleasures of the game and substitutes one family for another.

Small Blind

2012

Clouds Over the City poster
5.7

Jean-Paul is a public servant, tired of toiling at his soul-destroying job. As a writer, he feels out of touch with the times and longs for inspiration.

Clouds Over the City

2009

L'Immigré poster
NR

Faisal Ilyas, a new immigrant from Pakistan, just settled in Québec where he works as a cook in a Montreal pizza parlour. In this new world for him, he still gets out of the city and explore the rural areas.

L'Immigré

2005

Our Jail is a Kingdom poster
NR

After numerous years spent behind bars, Marcel Couture attempts to climb an apartment building to break into, but he stumbles and falls several floors. Following a long period of physical rehabilitation he finds an accommodation that happens to be in front of the building from where he fell.

Our Jail is a Kingdom

2007

Jean Pierre Lefebvre poster
NR

This short film pays tribute to filmmaker Jean Pierre Lefebvre. A seminal figure in Canadian cinema, Lefebvre has received international acclaim for his innovative, thoughtful and fiercely independent films.

Jean Pierre Lefebvre

2013

Behind the camera

Small Blind poster
7.0

Denise is a woman of ripe age whose life has recently changed with the divorce from her husband Michel, the relocation to the neighborhood of her youth, and the retirement from her position as financial director in a large company now directed by her son, Alex. An object of contempt by her husband, her son and at her former workplace, Denise desperately clings to them, unable to communicate. This changes when Denise meets her new neighbors who initiate her to the world of poker. Little by little, she submits to the pleasures of the game and substitutes one family for another.

Small Blind

2012

Small Blind poster
7.0

Denise is a woman of ripe age whose life has recently changed with the divorce from her husband Michel, the relocation to the neighborhood of her youth, and the retirement from her position as financial director in a large company now directed by her son, Alex. An object of contempt by her husband, her son and at her former workplace, Denise desperately clings to them, unable to communicate. This changes when Denise meets her new neighbors who initiate her to the world of poker. Little by little, she submits to the pleasures of the game and substitutes one family for another.

Small Blind

2012

Clouds Over the City poster
5.7

Jean-Paul is a public servant, tired of toiling at his soul-destroying job. As a writer, he feels out of touch with the times and longs for inspiration.

Clouds Over the City

2009

Clouds Over the City poster
5.7

Jean-Paul is a public servant, tired of toiling at his soul-destroying job. As a writer, he feels out of touch with the times and longs for inspiration.

Clouds Over the City

2009

L'Immigré poster
NR

Faisal Ilyas, a new immigrant from Pakistan, just settled in Québec where he works as a cook in a Montreal pizza parlour. In this new world for him, he still gets out of the city and explore the rural areas.

L'Immigré

2005

Our Jail is a Kingdom poster
NR

After numerous years spent behind bars, Marcel Couture attempts to climb an apartment building to break into, but he stumbles and falls several floors. Following a long period of physical rehabilitation he finds an accommodation that happens to be in front of the building from where he fell.

Our Jail is a Kingdom

2007

Our Jail is a Kingdom poster
NR

After numerous years spent behind bars, Marcel Couture attempts to climb an apartment building to break into, but he stumbles and falls several floors. Following a long period of physical rehabilitation he finds an accommodation that happens to be in front of the building from where he fell.

Our Jail is a Kingdom

2007

Our Jail is a Kingdom poster
NR

After numerous years spent behind bars, Marcel Couture attempts to climb an apartment building to break into, but he stumbles and falls several floors. Following a long period of physical rehabilitation he finds an accommodation that happens to be in front of the building from where he fell.

Our Jail is a Kingdom

2007

Jean Pierre Lefebvre poster
NR

This short film pays tribute to filmmaker Jean Pierre Lefebvre. A seminal figure in Canadian cinema, Lefebvre has received international acclaim for his innovative, thoughtful and fiercely independent films.

Jean Pierre Lefebvre

2013