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The Last Tango

Le dernier tango
Mochi Lin
2024 | 1 min 42 s
Stop-motion animation with puppets

Awards and Festivals

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

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

Drawn to unorthodox materials and themes, Mochi Lin works with diaphanous stockings and acetate to depict courtship in the insect world. Her musical composition provides the soundtrack for a startling pas de deux. Stop-motion haiku on the themes of coupledom, confinement and decapitation!


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Drawn to unorthodox materials and themes, Mochi Lin works with diaphanous stockings and acetate to depict courtship in the insect world.



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Team


Mochi Lin
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
Mochi Lin

Mentoring Director
Andrea Dorfman

Editing
Jesse Riviere

Sound Design
Vid Cousins

Music
Mochi Lin

Musicians
Romulo Larrea (bandoneon)
Guido del Fabbro (violin)
Mochi Lin (piano)

Music Consultant
Martin Cesar
Vid Cousins

Technical Direction
Mathieu Tremblay
Vincent McCurley

Technical Animation Support
Alexandre Roy
Johanne Ste-Marie

Puppet Rigging
Standing Figure

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
My Mom, Dad and Sister
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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