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OrHoDa
Synopsis
Along the Amur River, mountains abound with mysterious lively treasures. The gifts of the sky were only visible to those who honor the powers that flow through the vast taiga. To find what human desires, ritual offerings to the mountain’s guardian spirits must be properly performed. But most importantly, one must face the gods with a serene, translucent heart. An animated reinterpretation of an old Jurchen legend from the 13th century.
Cast & Crew
- Screenplay, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound, Sound mix, Sound editor, Artistic director : Tigris Alt Sakda
- Music : Tigris Alt Sakda and Akšan
- Production : Tigris Alt Sakda
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Biography
Tigris, blue banner Manchu, is born in Bejing and moved to Canada as a teen. She first studied biology and anthropology, later found herself graduating in film animation. She lives and works in Montreal.
Festivals
- 2022 -
Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada
Breakthroughs Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Animation Block Party, Brooklyn, USA
Les Percéïdes, Percé, Québec | Meilleur court-métrage d’animation
Nevada City Film Festival, Nevada City, USA
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, USA
North Bay Film Festival, North Bay, Canada
- 2023 -
Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette, USA
Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF), Seattle, USA
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Cartagena De Indias International Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombie
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Weiterstadt, Allemagne
WNDX - Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, Canada
- 2024 -
Big Water Film Festival, Ashland, USA
Oxford Film Festival, Oxford Mississippi, USA
Festival International des Films Identitaires et Solidaires – FestIFIS, Nikki, Benin
Euganea Film Festival, Padoue, Italie
Director's statement
A friend once said that beauty is an inherent element of pain – maybe we only come to truly appreciate the texture of life as we experience great pain.
Transferring this observation into the realm of animated imagery: independent 2D hand drawn format isp ossibly the most painful , torturesome way (and p erhaps ; though only by walking through this the loneliest journey) excruciating slow burning fire that one can reach the animated jewel. Fellow animators might relate to th is, for some share similar pain.
For the spectators, I simply hope you would enjoy the piece. Some parts of our human history are physically irretrievable (people die, languages disappear, homelands disintegrate...). Yet some parts of the dead can always be reimagined, or reincarnated, to enrich the living.
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