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Shannon Amen
201914 min 58 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Chris Dainty
Production: Maral MohammadianMichael Fukushima
Script: Chris Dainty
Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith. A loving elegy to a friend lost to suicide.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Animation on Life and Death
- Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Suicide
Credits
- writer
- Chris Dainty
- director
- Chris Dainty
- based on writings, art and music
- Shannon Jamieson
- voice
- Shannon Jamieson
- creative consultant
- Ellie Forbes
- line production
- Jennifer Dainty
- sound design
- Sacha Ratcliffe
- storyboard
- Chris Dainty
- Bradley Cayford
- Fabian Jacobo Cuevas
- Jeff Amey
- animatic
- Chris Dainty
- Bradley Cayford
- Fabian Jacobo Cuevas
- Jeff Amey
- character design
- Izzy Campbell
- Élise Simard
- Chris Dainty
- 2D animator
- David Seitz
- Phil Lockerby
- Hyun Jin Park
- Lynn Scatcherd
- Andrew Doris
- Luc Chamberland
- Sean Branigan
- Chris Dainty
- Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
- Jamie Gallant
- stop motion animation
- Chris Dainty
- Lynn Dana Wilton
- animation clean-up
- Izzy Campbell
- Jennifer Dainty
- backgrounds
- Fabian Jacobo Cuevas
- Chris Dainty
- Izzy Campbell
- tree sculpture
- Kenny Hayden
- ice carvers
- Chris Dainty
- Kevin Ashe
- Antonio Baisas
- Mowafak Nema
- Jeremy Kuzub
- Nathan McKeough
- Ikuo Kanbayashi
- director of photography
- Karim Ayari
- camera assistant
- Matthew Delaney
- Mitch Lenet
- promotional photography
- Mitch Lenet
- Ella-Rose Swinimer
- ice shoot assistant
- Marlee Mayors
- editing
- Chris Dainty
- Trevor Dixon Bennett
- compositing
- Fred Casia
- Élise Simard
- VFX
- Fred Casia
- Élise Simard
- reference video
- Luc Chamberland
- Izzy Campbell
- violin
- Lyndell Montgomery
- recording
- Jane Aurora
- electronic music
- Sacha Ratcliffe
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- foley assistant
- Rod Thibeault
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Isabelle Lussier
- technical director
- Éloi Champagne
- technical specialist - animation
- Randall Finnerty
- technical coordination
- Luc Binette
- Maud Chayer
- titles font
- Shannon Jamieson
- titles layout
- Mélanie Bouchard
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- Denis Pilon
- studio administration
- Victoire-Émilie Bessette
- Rosalina Di Sario
- senior production coordinator
- Dominique Forget
- studio coordinator
- Barry Ahmad
- legal counsel
- Christian Pitchen
- marketing
- Geneviève Bérard
- producer
- Maral Mohammadian
- executive producer
- Michael Fukushima
Awards
- Craft Award (Director, non-fiction)Yorkton Film Festival