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Samaa
20242 min 25 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Ehsan Gharib
Production: Robert McLaughlin (National Film Board of Canada)Maral Mohammadian (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Ehsan Gharib
A production of the National Film Board of Canada.
A caged bird flutters and flails in a struggle for freedom. But only by surrendering to the transcendent power of music and movement is the bird finally able to soar.
In Samaa, filmmaker Ehsan Gharib invites us into imagined captivity using striking, hand-painted animation and visceral drumming. The bird’s dramatic plight begs the question: Is freedom a state of being, or is it a state of mind?
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Subject categories
- Animals > Birds
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Coping with ProblemsPsychological Processes
Credits
- direction
- Ehsan Gharib
- writing
- Ehsan Gharib
- editing
- Xi Feng
- musician
- Ziya Tabassian
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Isabelle Lussier
- online edit
- Luca di Gioacchino
- technical direction
- Mathieu Tremblay
- Éloi Champagne
- titles
- Mélanie Bouchard
- Mohsen Zarrabi
- technical coordination
- Luc Binette
- production coordination
- Dominique Forget
- Barry Ahmad
- line production
- Laetitia Seguin
- administration
- Victoria Angell
- studio operations manager
- Camille Fillion
- marketing
- Geneviève Bérard
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- executive producer
- Robert McLaughlin
- producer
- Maral Mohammadian
Awards
- Dada National PrizeFestival du nouveau cinéma