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Unblending

Parcelles de moi
Michelle Ku
2024 | 1 min 38 s
2D digital animation with traditional painting techniques

Awards and Festivals

  • Official SelectionSommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada (2024)

  • Official Selection – Teen Audiences 13+ competitionOttawa International Animation Festival, Canada (2024)

  • Official SelectionCalgary International Film Festival, Canada (2024)

  • Official SelectionVancouver Asian Film Festival, Canada (2024)

  • DGC Award for Best Direction in a Short FilmToronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada (2024)

Produced as part of the 14th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse mentorship.

 

For people living with structural dissociation, falling asleep can be a challenge—a time when multiple contradictory thoughts conspire to keep you awake. Drawing on her experience with somatic healing, Michelle Ku puts these thoughts to rest in a few vivid minutes of hand-painted animation.


ONE-LINER

For people living with structural dissociation, falling asleep can be a challenge—a time when multiple contradictory thoughts conspire to keep you awake.



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Team


Michelle Ku
Writer, Director and Animator

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Photo : Fannie-Laurence Dubé-Dupuis



Andrea Dorfman
Mentoring Director

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Photo : Fannie-Laurence Dubé-Dupuis



Anne Koizumi
Associate Producer

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Photo : Fannie-Laurence Dubé-Dupuis



Maral Mohammadian
Producer (NFB)

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Photo : © Maral Mohammadian



Rob McLaughlin
Executive Producer

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Photo : Emily Cooper


Credits

Written, Directed and Animated by
Michelle Ku

Voices
Rémy Savard

Mentoring Director
Andrea Dorfman

Editing
Jesse Riviere

Sound Design
Vid Cousins

Music
Martin Cesar

Technical Direction
Mathieu Tremblay
Vincent McCurley

Technical Animation Support
Alexandre Roy
Johanne Ste-Marie

Technical Coordination
Luc Binette

Titles
Mélanie Bouchard

Online Editing
Serge Verreault

Foley
Karla Baumgardner

Recording and Mix
Geoffrey Mitchell

Studio Operations Manager
Camille Fillion

Studio Administration
Victoria Angell

Production Coordination
Dominique Forget
Omorose Osagie
Lucia Corak

Marketing
Geneviève Bérard
Judith Lessard-Bérubé
Jolène Lessard

Publicist
Nadine Viau

Associate Producer
Anne Koizumi

Producer
Maral Mohammadian

Executive Producer
Robert McLaughlin

Thanks
Ryan Von Hagen
Quickdraw Animation Society
Susanna & Tyler Ku
Carol Yang
Mat Lindenberg
The Hothouse 14 Filmmakers

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada © 2024


Media Relations

  • Nadine Viau
    NFB Publicist – Montreal
    C.: 514-458-9745
    n.viau@nfb.ca

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