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]
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