Synopsis:
An animated short documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship. Drawing on childhood memories, Anne Koizumi, the filmmaker, explores her upbringing with her Japanese immigrant dad, who was also the janitor at the elementary school she attended.
- Director:
- Anne Koizumi
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- Canada
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Claymation, Puppet Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Sahar Yousefi, Anne Koizumi
- Script writer:
- Anne Koizumi
- Distribution:
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Genres:
- Documentary, Drama, Bio-pic, Making of
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Sad, Family, Shame, Poetic, Nature
- Audience:
- 16+
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