Raquel Sancinetti is a Brazilian-Canadian animator. She is most noted for her 2023 film Madeleine, which won the Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023Florence Morin-Martel, "«Viking» triomphe au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, December 7, 2023. and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
She worked in visual effects on Brazilian films before moving to Canada to study animation at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.Delanie Khan-Dobson, "School of Cinema alumni and students shine at REGARD short-film festival". Concordia University, June 6, 2023.
Madeleine was also named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.Pat Mullen, "TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Includes BlackBerry, Solo, Humanist Vampire". That Shelf, December 6, 2023.
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