Filmmaker - C.A.N.doFILMS
"Film is dreaming come to life!" - CRISTIAN ANGELO NIGRO
BEACON
Adrift on the waves of fate, lighthouse keeper Manuel Cappel recollects the haunting tales of a lighthouse and the destruction of a community on the islands of Toronto…his home.
In Bocca Al Lupo
(2019 - Italian Contemporary Film Festival Premiere - TIFF Bell Lightbox)
After discovering her best friend, Hugo, is leaving, Luna tries to spend one final day with him.
TAILGATER
A proof of concept & directing exercise - - The film follows the titular Tailgater. Wallet stolen and late to pick up her daughter, a young mother tries to board the subway. Whether she does, will be up to fate ... or sheer will.
Photo by: Michelle Gorkie
Photo by: Michelle Gorkie
Photo by: Michelle Gorkie
Photo by: Michelle Gorkie
ABOUT
Cristian Angelo Nigro - a Canadian of Italian descent, has always been a filmmaker at heart. He has garnered much of his inspiration from his family! An honor graduate with a BFA in Film Production at York University (May 2020). He is on the road now as a young film director continuing to hone his creative craft and storytelling prowess.
Favourite place: Francis Ford Coppola's Cinecitta' Bar: (Bernalda, Italy). "A place like no other! Awestruck while sipping a cappuccino & contemplating the walls of cinematographic history!!" - Cristian Angelo Nigro
HOLDING ON
(2017) – Nominated for Official Selection at AltFF (Alternative Film Festival 2017): Cinematography by Cristian Nigro for an alternative film about a girl trying to make sense of her broken relationship.
(2019) - As Octavie juggles life to take care of her younger brother and getting to work on time, chaos ensues with the arrival of her ex.
PAPERCUT
Branding
I C.A.N. do Branding!
Storytelling
I C.A.N. do Storytelling
DESIGN
I C.A.N. do Design
MARKETING
I C.A.N. do Marketing
GALLERY
"THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR ARE WHERE REALITY AND FANTASY MEET" - Francis Ford Coppola
CANdoFILMS
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High Park
(2017) A Film by Cristian Nigro and Madeline Toal depicting the tale of a journey in Toronto's High Park as seen through the eyes of a grandfather and grandson.
ANTHRAX FARM
(2018) – Editor Cristian Nigro: A film documenting an undercover government operation on a goat farm near the border between Ontario and Quebec. Experimentation on goats mutating their DNA with that of spiders and even more astonishing, testing for Anti-Anthrax Vaccines, is uncovered in this telling account of a government-run cover-up right under our noses.
Film // Video Editor
Adobe Premiere
Available for freelance and contract jobs
on location or at studio
