Kiva Reardon
Canadian film programmer, writer, editor, and commentator
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Background
Studies
Reardon graduated with a bachelor's degree in Cultural Studies from McGill University in 2010.[5] She then entered the Masters of Arts program at the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, graduating in 2013. During her Masters she interned on a film by John Greyson.
Career
In 2013, Reardon founded cléo: a journal of film and feminism—a publication dedicated to film and film culture and informed by intersectional feminist perspectives.[6] The journal was named for the protagonist of Agnès Varda's 1962 film Cléo from 5 to 7.[7][4] The journal published a total of 19 issues over six years.[8] In August 2019, following a loss of funding due to cuts to the Ontario Arts Council by the Doug Ford government, the editors announced that the 19th issue of cléo would be the last.[9] In December 2019, the journal published a print compendium titled the cléo reader: 2013-2019.[10]
In 2018, Reardon spoke at the BFI Southbank as part of their season dedicated to Agnès Varda. In December 2019, Reardon gave the keynote address for a film series in Sudbury that opened with Cléo from 5 to 7.[4]
Reardon has worked at a number of film festivals, including the Miami Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[11][12][13] She was the lead programmer of Contemporary World Cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival from 2017 to 2020.[14][15] Variety profiled Reardon during TIFF 2019, describing her efforts to curate a more inclusive selection of films.[16]
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2020, Reardon held the position of associate director of Film Programs at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.[17] In 2022, Reardon joined Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak's production company, Pastel, as VP Film.[18]