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Shannon Amen
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'Shannon Amen' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Chris Dainty and released in 2019.Philip Lewis, [https://thereview.ca/2019/09/27/world-premiere-and-hometown-debut-for-ottawa-filmmaker-chris-dainty-and-shannon-amen-at-the-oiaf-2019/ "World premiere and hometown debut for Ottawa filmmaker Chris Dainty and Shannon Amen at the OIAF 2019"]. 'The Review', September 27, 2019. Created as a tribute to his childhood friend and former creative partner Shannon Jamieson who committed suicide in 2006 after being unable to reconcile her Christian faith with her lesbian identity, the film blends traditional two-dimensional animation, done in Jamieson's style of painting,[https://www.awn.com/news/chris-dainty-and-nfbs-shannon-amen-now-streaming "Chris Dainty and The NFBs Shannon Amen Now Streaming"]. 'Animation World Network', October 9, 2020. with Dainty's own technique of "icemation", which blends stop motion and puppetry to animate human figures and objects carved in ice.Louise Sproule, [https://thereview.ca/2020/02/24/shannon-amen-nominated-to-canadian-screen-award/ "Shannon Amen nominated for Canadian Screen Award"]. 'The Review', February 24, 2020.
The film premiered on September 26, 2019, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. In 2020, the film was selected by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to be featured in We Are One: A Global Film Festival.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/enfin-samedi/segments/entrevue/180099/onf-shannon-amen-chris-dainty-lgbtq "Shannon Amen : renatre de ses oeuvres"]. Ici Radio-Canada Premire, June 6, 2020.
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1527585/song-of-names-the-twentieth-century-antigone-prix-ecrans-canadiens "crans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tte des nominations"]. Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
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