Serville Poblete
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Serville Poblete is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Toronto,[1] whose debut feature film Altar Boy premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival.[2]
Of Filipino descent, Poblete grew up in the St. James Town neighbourhood of Toronto, and studied media production at George Brown College.[1] He released his first short film, Lovebound, in 2018,[3] before beginning work on Altar Boy, which starred his childhood friend Mark Bacolcol.[4]
His second feature film, Lovely, premiered at the 2024 Reelworld Film Festival,[5] and was longlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[6]
His 2025 short documentary film King's Court premiered at the 2025 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[7] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026.[8]
His 2026 short documentary film In the Morning Sun premiered in the documentary shorts competition at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival,[9] where it won the Jury Award.[10]
