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Baigal Nuur
Directed by Alisi Telengut
Succulents
BLOCK C | Teen Watch Party
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 | 6:30 - 8 PM
LOCATION | York County Library | Rock Hill
Baigal Nuur
SYNOPSIS
The formation of Lake Baikal in Siberia is reimagined with hand-painted animation and found objects, featuring the voice of an Indigenous woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat language (a Mongolian dialect).
DETAILS
Experimental | 2023 | 8 min. 53 sec.
Suggested Rating | G
Country | Germany, Canada
Language | Mongolian-Burjati
CREDITS
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Writer, Director, Editor, Art Direction | Alisi Telengut
Producer | Fabian Driehorst
Protagonist, Voice | Marina Dorzhieva
Music | Spiridon Shishigin
Music Recording | Gerd Conradt
Sound Design | Christian Obermaier
Sound Mix | Jochen Jezussek
Color Grading | Jakob Sinsel
Pipeline Technical Director | Enzio Probst
Production Company | Fabian&Fred
Funds | Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, IKF – Film University Babelsberg, Canada Council for the Arts
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SCREENINGS & AWARDS
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Golden Ger Film Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2023 | Mongolia
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Annecy Animation Festival, France | 2023 | France
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Toronto International Film Festival, Canada | 2023 | NA/Canada/ON
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Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK | 2023 | UK
Awards/Honors:
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2023 Nouveau Cinema | Dada Prize
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2023 Golden Ger Film Festival | Best Animation
Among Others...
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin, living between Berlin and Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Her work received multiple awards and nominations and has been screened and exhibited internationally, including at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, Videonale, among others.
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