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Mother of Dawn film image; close on a knitted skull

Mother of Dawn

Mãe da Manhã

VIFF Short Forum

In the dead of night, a hungry creature searches for food — until something breaks the cycle.

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Credits
Country of Origin

Belgium/Brazil/
Finland/Portugal

Year

2024

Language

In Portuguese and English with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Graphic violence

18+
9 min
Animation Experimental & Avant Garde LGBTQIA2S+ Shorts
Re:Anima Joint Masters Programme

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Shorts from: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Portugal.

 

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Credits & Director

Screenwriter

Clara Trevisan

ANIM

Clara Trevisan

Editor

Clara Trevisan

Original Music

Pedro Cassel, Vini Albernaz

Clara Trevisan headshot

Clara Trevisan

Clara Trevisan is Brazilian multimedia visual artist whose work focuses mainly on animation and illustration, primarily within the realms of fantasy and the imaginary. In 2024, Trevisan finished a master’s degree in the Re:Anima Joint Master program, resulting in the stop-motion short film Mãe da Manhã (Mother of Dawn). The short film was produced with a small budget using objects and puppets built by the director from found and reused materials, including the main character, a giant puppet as big as a human torso.

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