How to Be at Home

Andrea Dorfman
2020 | 4 min
English

Selections and Awards

Official Selection - Short film competitionAnnecy International Animation Film Festival, France (2021)
Official SelectionLondon International Animation Festival (LIAF), London (2021)

Lean into loneliness—and know you’re not alone in it. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman reunites with poet Tanya Davis to craft tender and profound animation on the theme of isolation, providing a wise and soaringly lyrical sequel to their viral hit How to Be Alone.

Credits

DIRECTOR
Andrea Dorfman

ANIMATOR
Andrea Dorfman

EDITOR
Andrea Dorfman

POEM WRITING
Tanya Davis

POEM PERFORMANCE
Tanya Davis

PRODUCER
Annette Clarke

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Tanya Davis
Daniel Ledwell

SOUND DESIGN
Sacha Ratcliffe

MUSIC RECORDING
Daniel Ledwell
Tanya Davis

ONLINE EDITOR
Yannick Carrier

RE-RECORDING
Geoffrey Mitchell

DIGITAL EDITING TECHNICIAN
Pierre Dupont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahan

SOUND TECHNICIAN
Bernard Belley

TITLE DESIGN
Jacques Bertrand Simard

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Roz Power

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
Daniel Lord
Chris MacIntosh

SENIOR PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Kelly Davis

STUDIO ADMINISTRATOR
Leslie Anne Poyntz

MARKETING MANAGER
Johanna Lessard

LEGAL COUNCIL
Dominique Aubry

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Annette Clarke

Media Relations

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

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