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In the Shadow of the Pines
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'In the Shadow of the Pines' is a Canadian animated short documentary film, directed by Anne Koizumi and released in 2020.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/filmmaker-works-through-grief-and-reconnects-with-her-fathers-memory-through-new-animated-documentary "Filmmaker works through grief and reconnects with her father's memory through new animated documentary"]. 'Calgary Herald', May 8, 2020. An exploration of her grief around the death of her father in the early 2010s, the film centres on an imagined conversation with him about her childhood shame that he was employed as the janitor at her school, thus exposing her to her classmates as the daughter of a working class immigrant.
Although Koizumi is an administrative employee of the National Film Board of Canada, she made the film independently rather than through her employer.
The film was screened at numerous documentary and animation film festivals in 2020 and 2021, and was added to CBC Gem. It received an honorable mention for the Best Canadian Short Film award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/hot-docs-2020-winners "Prayer For A Lost Mitten, Stray win top awards at Hot Docs 2020"]. 'Now', May 19, 2020. won the awards for Best Narrative Short and Best Canadian Animation at the 2020 Ottawa International Animation Festival,Amid Amidi, [https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/kkum-becomes-3rd-film-in-ottawa-history-to-win-top-short-and-public-prize-full-list-of-winners-197204.html "KKUM Becomes 3rd Film In Ottawa History To Win Both Top Short And Public Prize"]. 'Cartoon Brew', October 3, 2020. and won the award for Best Animated Short at the 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival.G. Allen Johnson, [https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/sffilm-names-naked-singularity-cuban-dancer-lily-topples-the-world-top-winners-during-virtual-awards-ceremony "SFFilm names Naked Singularity, Cuban Dancer, Lily Topples the World top winners during virtual awards ceremony"]. 'San Francisco Chronicle', April 17, 2021.
The film was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards.Jean-Franois Vandeuren, [https://showbizz.net/cinema/la-deesse-des-mouches-a-feu-part-en-tete-des-nominations-du-gala-quebec-cinema-2021 "La desse des mouches feu part en tte des nominations du Gala Qubec Cinma 2021"]. 'Showbizz.net', April 26, 2021.
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