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film id<br />
402<br />
section<br />
animadoc<br />
petra’s poeM<br />
by shira avni<br />
In this visually compelling, colourful short, Toronto<br />
artist Petra Tolley performs a candid soliloquy<br />
about what it feels like to be ‘in the middle.’ Petra has<br />
Down syndrome, and draws from her emotional<br />
experiences of living and working in the flux between<br />
societal order and personal chaos to produce a dis-<br />
tinctive take on the social self. Award-winning director<br />
Shira Avni (Tying Your Own Shoes, John and Michael)<br />
employs rotoscopy and hand-drawn animation<br />
techniques to enhance and interact with Petra’s performance.<br />
But Petra is not alone – a troupe of adults<br />
with Down syndrome rallies around Petra in a theatrical<br />
movement that explores the dynamics of seclusion,<br />
societal expectations and social support. In subtle<br />
stereoscopic 3D, Petra engages the camera with unflinching<br />
and tender directness, heightening our sense<br />
of intimacy, alienation, bonding and innately, dignity.<br />
genre<br />
Human interest<br />
facts<br />
canada, 2012<br />
colour, HD Videofile<br />
4 min<br />
original title<br />
petra’s poem<br />
original language<br />
english<br />
Produced by<br />
roddy McManus, David Verrall<br />
national film Board of canada,<br />
canada<br />
Public screenings<br />
4 / 2012 Hot Docs, canada<br />
sales contact<br />
Élise labbé<br />
national film Board of canada<br />
3155, cote-de-liesse road<br />
H4n 2n4 saint-laurent, canada<br />
festivals@nfb.ca<br />
www.nfb.ca<br />
places otHer<br />
people HaVe liVeD<br />
by laura Yilmaz<br />
Places Other People Have Lived is a mixed media exploration<br />
of the relationship between memory and place, as<br />
examined through the sale of a childhood home. Using<br />
old photographs, recorded interviews with family<br />
members, and multiple animation techniques, the film<br />
deconstructs room-by-room a house that was a family<br />
home for more than 25 years. What begins as a biography<br />
of a house, told through bittersweet and sometimes<br />
humorous personal anecdotes, ultimately raises larger<br />
questions about the emotional content of physical<br />
spaces, and what happens to our histories when we leave<br />
those places behind.<br />
genre<br />
author’s point of View<br />
portrait<br />
facts<br />
usa, 2011<br />
colour, HD Videofile<br />
7 min<br />
original title<br />
places other people Have lived<br />
original language<br />
english<br />
Produced by<br />
laura Yilmaz, usa<br />
Public screenings<br />
2 / 2012 Black Maria film & Video<br />
festival, usa<br />
5 / 2012 seattle iff, usa<br />
7 / 2012 toronto animation arts<br />
festival international, croatia<br />
9 / 2012 animafest Zagreb<br />
panorama, canada<br />
sales contact<br />
laura Yilmaz<br />
735 e kensington road<br />
90026 los angeles, usa<br />
laura.yilmaz@gmail.com<br />
244 245<br />
film id<br />
404<br />
section<br />
animadoc
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