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Sanctuary

Jamie Escallon-Buraglia

2005 12 min

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A program for emerging filmmakers to make high impact, low budget docs. Sanctuary tells the story of Sergio Loreto, who has lived in Canada for 18 years, but is now seeking sanctuary in a Toronto church so not be deported to Guatemala.

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A program for emerging filmmakers to make high impact, low budget docs. Sanctuary tells the story of Sergio Loreto, who has lived in Canada for 18 years, but is now seeking sanctuary in a Toronto church so not be deported to Guatemala.

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Credits

• writer
  Jamie Escallon-Buraglia
  
• director
  Jamie Escallon-Buraglia
  
• producer
  Peter Starr
  
• editor
  Katharine Asals
  
• director of photography
  Stanislaw Barua
  
• sound recordist
  Adrian Tucker
  
  Christopher Miller
  
• music
  Diego Marulanda
  
• research
  Marta Pinzon
  
• production assistant
  Dan Thornhill
  
• audio post facility
  Kitchen Sync Digital Audio
  
• sound editor
  Alan Geldart
  
• re-recording mixer
  Kevin Tokar
  
• on-line services
  Imarion
  
• online editor
  Dan Johnston
  
• colourist
  Dan Johnston
  
• production stills photographer
  Jag Gundu
  
• budget officer
  Ida Di Fruscia
  
• senior production administration assistant
  Joanne Forrest
  
• production secretary
  Corinne Herman
  
• technical coordinator
  Mark Wilson
  
• marketing manager
  Sue Mander
  
• production coordinator
  Anousheh Showleh
  
• production supervisor
  Kemp Archibald
  
• line producer
  Douglas MacFarlane
  
• executive producer
  Silva Basmajian
  

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