NFB Collection
Paper Accordeon
20207 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Grace An
Production: David Oppenheim (National Film Board of Canada)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Grace AnThy Anne Chu Quang
A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada and POV Spark.
Papier Accordéon unfolds over a period of 24 hours, as two young women spend time together from a distance. One in Montreal, one in Toronto, they share their experiences through correspondence. Shot in 8mm, the film cleverly uses language and subtitles to capture the experience of relocation and getting lost in translation, emphasizing the feeling of urban desolation.
Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian Origins
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional LifeIndividual in SocietyInterpersonal Relationships
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Social Issues > Urban Life
Credits
- writer
- Grace An
- director
- Grace An
- co-writer
- Thy Anne Chu Quang
- producer
- David Oppenheim
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- associate producer
- Kate Vollum
- director of photography
- Yen Chao Lin
- sound recordist
- Amanda Ann-Min Wong
- additional cinematography
- Grace An
- music
- Amanda Ann-Min Wong
- sound design
- Amanda Ann-Min Wong
- featuring
- Grace An
- Thy Anne Chu Quang
- story consultant
- Kerri Sakamoto
- animation
- Grace An
- production coordinator
- Katie Murray
- Frances Nyarko-Mensah
- manager, studio operations
- Mark Wilson
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- studio administrator
- Patricia Bourgeois
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- program mentor
- Sisa Bueno
- Roslyn Kalloo
- Lauren Hutchinson
- Kerri Sakamoto
- Sarah Rothberg
- Ziv Schneider
- Pat Shiu
- program production assistant
- Rand Jitan
- film processing and scanning
- Niagara Custom Lab
- film scans
- Frame Discreet
- post sound
- Sim Toronto
- post picture
- Sim Toronto
- online editor
- Darren Hinchy
- colourist
- Arlene Moelker
- finishing producer
- Mateusz Sklarzyk
- re-recording mixer
- Graham Rogers
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Will Stephens
- project coordinator
- Louise Finn
- head of operations
- Alex Aslund
- general manager
- Peter Gibson
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- marketing manager
- Gabrielle Harvey
- Laurianne Désormiers
- social media strategist
- Hannah Martin
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- title design
- Yazmin Monet