World Premiere
A hand-drawn animation of parallel universes in which strangers, unaware of each other’s presence, share the use of a long table as their worlds gradually merge.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Canada/Iceland
2022
No Dialogue
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 3
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Credits
Producer
Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Heather Millard
Screenwriter
Una Lorenzen
Editor
Una Lorenzen, Kristján Loðmfjörð
Original Music
Gunnar Tynes
Director
Una Lorenzen
Una Lorenzen is a film director who uses animation to create visual worlds for movies, documentaries, music, and theatre. In past years, she has mostly worked on documentaries, such as the award-winning Yarn (2017) and Rebel Hearts (2021). Her work has traveled to festivals such as SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Animation Block Party in New York City, Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Festival in Vienna, Nordisk Panorama Film Festival in Sweden, and screened at Artforum online.
Filmography: Yarn (2017)