The Shadow Of My Life
Written and Directed by: Hajar Moradi
Year: 2021
Animation Technique: Frame by frame animation
Duration: 15:47
Made with the generous support of:
The Canada Council for the Art
The Ontario Art Council
Canadian distributor: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Synopsis:
Hanna, an artist, migrated to Canada a few years ago. She soon found herself struggling with depression and finding her place as an artist in the new context. In her quest to rediscover herself anew, Hanna finds the lives and inspirational works of other artists the best motivation to create art and combat depression. This film tells a story about how art comes to save an artist, to save Hanna.
Awards:
BEST ANIMATED SHORT | MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
NOMINEES | FINALISTE
2023 Canadian Screen Awards.
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Author's International Film Festival / FIC AUTOR 2022
THIRD AWARD, by the Animation Jury at
Mecal Pro, The Barcelona International Short, and Animation Festival
Jury statement:
An animation all in finesse and purified in black and white, where the content and the form meet. To illustrate her point, the director does not use any artifice but instead offers us an animation all in line and curve to be as close as possible to the feelings of her character. The Shadow of my life is not only a film about uprooting and depression but also a film about art and hope and, paradoxically, about the fact that not everything is black or white.
