Tyler Shane Tesolin

Tyler Shane Tesolin was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He completed both his Undergraduate degree and Master's degree in Cinema and Media Studies at York University in Toronto. Tesolin has been making movies his entire life, focusing primarily on the intersection between poetry and film.  His first feature film, Planet Sarajevo, was screened in the BH program of the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2020. On top of screening his short films in various cities across Canada, he has written an apologia for experimental film, The Poetry of our Future, and has published two books of poetry. He is currently in the process of publishing his third collection of poems, Barking Under the Sighing Tree. Tesolin currently resides in Wellington, New Zealand with his wife, where he is completing a research creation PhD in Film at Victoria University in Wellington. He also runs monthly experimental film screenings with Film Adjacent.