Flowing Home
France, Canada / Animation / 15' / HD / Color / 2021
Two sisters grow up in Vietnam and are separated by the war between North and South.
Director: Sandra Desmazières
Script: Sandra Desmazières
Director of Photography: Sandra Desmazières
Producer: Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy
Musician: Manuel Merlot
Editing: Guerric Catala
Sound: Cyril Holtz
Animation: Sandra Desmazières, Jing Wang, Janet Perlman, Keyu Chen
Cast: Sarah Martins, Linh-Dan Pham
CV
Born in 1978, Sandra Desmazieres studied at Duperré l’école Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués in Paris and l’École Nationale des Arts décoratifs also in Paris, there she discovers animation films. Her school movie « Sans queue ni têtee » wins the Gold Cartoon in 2003.
Filmography
The tea of forgetfullness 2007
Bao 2011
Festivals Attended
Flowing Home. Among others: Icona Film Festival, Greece 2021 Grand OFF Independent Short Film Awards, Poland 2021 Goa Short Film Festival, India 2021 Animateka, Best of the World, Slovenia 2021 Tofuzi International Film Festival, Georgia 2021 Feinaki Beijing Animation week 2021, China 2021 The KuanDu International Animation Festival (KDIAF), Taiwan 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 2021 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, Canada 2021 Animasyros, Greece 2021
Awards
FLOWING HOME Award for creativity and artistic expression “Minister For Foreign Affairs” au New Chitose Airport Animation Festival, Japan 2021 Second best Film at Diaspora International Film Festival, Turkey 2021 Best Animation, L.A Short film fest 2021 Jury Special Award Short of the Year 2021 – Spain