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Screening Block: Artistry

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Two One Two
Two One Two, by animation filmmaker Shira Avni, combines shimmering clay on glass animation with personal archives in this deeply intimate, experimental animated documentary love letter to motherhood, parenting on the spectrum, and two headed monsters everywhere.
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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
A collaged found-footage manifesto against political cynicism and environmental alienation.
Simply Divine
Through beautiful oil painting-style animations and archive footage, 91-year-old Nușa recounts her wartime romance with a soldier from her youth. Though they lost contact while he served at the front, his memory has stayed with her ever since.
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1000 years of Japanese handicrafts
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As Grey Falls
As Grey Falls is a stunningly photographed experimental documentary film about the deeply entwined worlds of humans and wild animals on the Fraser River delta in British Columbia.
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Award-winning animation filmmaker Shira Avni continues her deeply personal animated documentary journey to explore motherhood, fragmentation, neurodiversity, trauma, and healing through the infinitely laborious, handcrafted frame-by-frame filmmaking process. Two-One-Two mixes archival video, sound recordings, experimental, shimmering clay on glass, under-camera, and rotoscoping animation in this intimate, experimental animated documentary love letter to motherhood, parenting on the spectrum, and two headed monsters everywhere.


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  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    4 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Awards
    AWARD WINNER - Les sommets du cinéma d'animation: Special Jury Prize Montreal, Canada, May 11, 2023 World and Canadian Premiere , AWARD WINNER - Berlin Short Film Festival: Best Short Animated Film Berlin, Germany, August 5, 2023, AWARD WINNER - Oregon Documentary Festival: Best Experimental Documentary, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 10, 2023 . AWARD WINNER - Best Animated Short Film, CineFEM festival, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, September 22, 2023, AWARD WINNER - SWAN Perth International Women in Film Festival: Best Voice Acting, Perth, Australia, December 2, 2023, AWARD WINNER - PPFAM (plus petit festival d’animation au monde): Prix du Public, Huntingdon, Quebec, Jan 13, 2024, AWARD WINNER - ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL: Lawther/Graff No Violence Award, March 31, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Best Canadian Animation, Toronto Animated Image Festival March 27, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Moinho Cine Fest - Best Animation Portugal, April 20, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Best Animation - Golden Remi Award WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, Texas, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Best Animation Toronto International Women’s Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Poulin d’argent Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Best Documentary Microshort Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, Portland, USA, 2024, AWARD WINNER - Best Animation, Women Over 50 Film Festival, United Kingdom, AWARD WINNER - Best Animation, Boston International Children’s Film Festival, USA, AWARD WINNER - Best Micro Film, Paris Women Cinefest, France, AWARD WINNER - HONOURABLE MENTION Children's International Film Festival of Wales, UK
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  • Director
    Shira Avni
  • Filmmaker
    Shira Avni
  • Editor
    Shira Avni
  • Animator
    Marjorie Lemay, Ari Avni Loomer, Shira Avni
  • Sound Design
    Shira Avni, Nick Lavigne, Shelley Craig
  • Music
    Rebecca Foon, Warren Ellis, Dan Loomer
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