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Thanadoula
20206 min 38 secFilm: Documentary, Animation
Direction: Robin McKenna
Production: Robin McKenna (Gaudete Films inc.)Jelena Popovic (National Film Board of Canada)Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Robin McKenna
Produced by Gaudete Films and the National Film Board of Canada.
Layering real-life details with an otherworldly magic, Thanadoula recounts the story of an end-of-life doula brought to her calling through the loss of her beloved sister.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Family LifeLife and Death
- Families > Mental Health
Credits
- writer
- Robin McKenna
- director
- Robin McKenna
- participation
- Natalie Eskenazy
- Gabor Maté
- art direction
- Élise Simard
- compositing
- Élise Simard
- rotoscopy
- Sharron Mirsky
- animation
- Sharron Mirsky
- visual development
- Daniel Gies
- animatic
- Daniel Gies
- digital backgounds
- Daniel Gies
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- original music
- Rebecca Foon
- musician
- Daniel Gies
- Rebecca Foon
- music recording
- Pietro Amato
- music mix
- Pietro Amato
- re-recording
- Isabelle Lussier
- editing
- Sharron Mirsky
- Élise Simard
- additional editing
- Terra Long
- Nicolas Renaud
- camera
- Mark Morgenstern
- technical director
- Éloi Champagne
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- titles
- Mélanie Bouchard
- credits
- Mélanie Bouchard
- technical coordination
- Randall Finnerty
- Luc Binette
- Maud Chayer
- studio administrator
- Rosalina Di Sario
- senior production coordinator
- Dominique Forget
- studio coordinator
- Barry Ahmad
- Faisal Moula
- marketing manager
- Melissa Wheeler
- marketing coordinator
- Michelle Rozon
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- producer
- Robin McKenna
- Jelena Popovic
- executive producer
- Michael Fukushima
Awards
- Honourable Mention for Best Canadian AnimationInternational Animation Festival
- Best Animated Short FilmCinequest