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About Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)<\/h2>\n

The Toronto International Film Festival is officially back! Also known as TIFF, is one of Canada\u2019s and the world\u2019s largest and well known film festivals. Located in downtown Toronto, the festival welcomes many filmmakers from around the world to show off their skills and talents. <\/p>\n

These are the animated shorts and films that were shown during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for this 2021. <\/p>\n

Angakusajuajug \u2013 The Shaman\u2019s Apprentice
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Zacharias Kunuk<\/a>
CANADA
21\u00a0minutes<\/p>\n

About<\/strong>: A young shaman must face her first test-a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community member has become ill.<\/p>\n

Anxious Body<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: UniFrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Yoriko Mizushiri<\/a>
France, Japan
6 minutes<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong> Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.<\/p>\n

Boobs<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: Vimeo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director<\/strong>: Marie Valade<\/a>
Canada
8 minutes<\/p>\n

About: <\/strong>A young woman drawn in ink is forced to deal with paper breasts appearing on her chest. She must quickly come to terms with these new strange things.<\/p>\n

Charlotte <\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Eric Warin<\/a>, Tahir Rana <\/a>
Canada, France, Belgium
92 minutes<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.<\/p>\n

Charlotte<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director: Zach Dorn<\/a>
United States
13 minutes<\/p>\n

About: <\/strong>A pop song transforms the lives of a folk singer and her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DUST BATH<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Seth A Smith<\/a>
Canada
2 minutes<\/p>\n

About<\/strong>: A disquieting tale of a humble rooster facing the great questions of existence.<\/p>\n

I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: UniFrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Ayce Kartal<\/a>
France
6 minutes<\/p>\n

About<\/strong>: March 2020. After China, the whole planet locks itself in. Our world, which we call\u00a0real<\/em>, is drained of what used to be its substance, and forms of digital life multiply, like these couples whose avatars share a common life in a virtual universe.\u00a0But what if the crisis we are actually experiencing is not a pandemic, but an accelerated derealization of our lives?<\/p>\n

Inu-Oh<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: GKids, TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director:<\/strong> Masaaki Yuasa<\/a>
Japan, China
98 minutes<\/p>\n

About<\/strong>: Two boys marginalized by society in 14th-century Japan find power through dance and song, in Masaaki Yuasa\u2019s animated tale about a disturbing curse.<\/p>\n

Love, Dad<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director<\/strong>: Diana Cam Van Nguyen<\/a>
Czech Republica, Slovakia
12 minutes<\/p>\n

About: <\/strong>A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family\u2019s break-up but also trying to understand.<\/p>\n

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director<\/strong>: Terril Calder
Canada
20 minutes<\/p>\n

About<\/strong>: A stop-motion animation that charts a challenging journey for Baby Girl, a precocious M\u00e9tis girl contemplating her path to Hell.<\/p>\n

Soft Animals<\/h3>\n
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Photo Credit: TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director<\/strong>: Renee Zhan<\/a>
United Kingdom
3 minutes<\/p>\n

About: <\/strong>Two ex-lovers bump into each other at a train station.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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