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Flowing Home (Như một dòng sông)
202115 min 11 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Sandra Desmazières
Production: Dora Benousilio (Les Films de l'Arlequin)Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Sandra Desmazières
Co-produced by Les Films de l'Arlequin and the National Film Board of Canada.
Two sisters grow up in Vietnam and are separated by the war between North and South. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Thao, in her teens, must leave the country with her uncle. Her sister Sao Maï, only a little older, remains with their parents, hoping they will soon be reunited. But their separation will last nearly 20 years, and the letters they exchange are their only way to connect and relieve their loneliness. Thao and Sao Maï write about their everyday lives, their memories, the war, and its ghosts.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > Asia
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsImmigration Experience and Social Adjustment
- Families > Interpersonal Relationships
- Politics and Government > Refugees and War Victims
Credits
- direction
- Sandra Desmazières
- music
- Manuel Merlot
- voice
- Sara Martins
- Linh Dan Pham
- Fuchsia
- Binh
- script
- Sandra Desmazières
- graphic design
- Sandra Desmazières
- storyboard
- Sandra Desmazières
- compositing
- Sandra Desmazières
- set design
- Sandra Desmazières
- layout
- Jing Wang
- layout assistant
- Sofia Gutman
- Anne-Lise Nemorin
- compositing assistant
- Anne-Lise Nemorin
- animator
- Sandra Desmazières
- Jing Wang
- Janet Perlman
- Keyu Chen
- Eva Cvijanovic
- Inspidea
- Sandra Desmazières
- Jean-Jacques Prunès
- colouring
- Inspidea
- Inès Sedan
- editing
- Guerric Catala
- sound editing
- Gwennolé Leborgne
- Alexis Place
- Antoine Citrinot
- foley
- Nicolas Fioraso
- re-recording
- Cyril Holtz
- musician
- Manuel Merlot
- Emmanuel Sauvage
- Hô Thuy Trang
- Mai Thanh Nam
- Lucien Larquère
- music recording
- Cedryck Santens
- music mix
- Romain Ghezal
- foley studio
- MStudios
- sound engineer
- Thibault Macquart
- sound mixing studio
- Polyson
- auditorium technician
- Matthieu Lasausa
- colour lab
- M141
- colourist
- Marina Amaro
- lab
- Royal Post
- technical director
- Pierre Plouffe
- Éric Pouliot
- technical specialist - animation
- Yannick Grandmont
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- Mira Mailhot
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- translation
- Semantikos
- intern
- Quentin Ledoux
- Fantine Beauvieux
- Madeline Zonzon
- Léonie Siegler
- Raphaël Jouzeau
- Raphaël de Lemos
- Vladimir Roszak
- Camille Bardaud
- Coralie Fadat
- animation assistant
- Françoise Angenot-Kassab
- compositing support
- Marie-Aimée Rabourdin
- editing support
- Matthieu Terrien
- production assistant
- Fantine Beauvieux
- Sara Skrodzka
- administration
- Anne-Marie Bousquet
- Mylène Augustin
- Diane Régimbald
- Karine Desmeules
- Camila Blos
- studio coordinator
- Laetitia Seguin
- Michèle Labelle
- marketing
- Geneviève Bérard
- production manager
- Fariza Daguelou
- producer
- Dora Benousilio
- Julie Roy
Awards
- Animated ShortNewport Beach Film Festival
- Best AnimationLA Shorts Fest
- Minister for Foreign Affairs AwardNew Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
- Best Animated ShortInternational Film Festival
- Prix du jury lycéenFestival de cinéma d'animation
- Second Best FilmInternational Short Film Festival
- Prix de la créativité et de l'expression artistiqueInternational Animated Film Festival