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Not Your Panda

Tigris Alt Sakda / 2018 / 5 min. / Canada / ENGLISH

Synopsis

One of anthropocene's charismatic megafauna - Ailuropoda melanoleuca : "... and if I hear anyone else say 'isn't he cute'..."

Cast & Crew

  • Direction : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Screenplay : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Cinematographer : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Editing : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Sound : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Sound mix : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Sound editing : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Music : Tigris Alt Sakda
  • Artistic direction : Tigris Alt Sakda

Genre

Animation

Topics

Activism and social struggles, Animals

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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.

Filmography

  • 2016
    Ecosystem and climate change / 4 min.
  • 2014
    Immortals in the sky / 5 min.
  • 2013
    Citrus paradisi / 11 min.
  • 2012
    108 Payer beads / 8 min.

Festivals

- 2018 -
Gold Award Best Animation Short | Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque, USA
In Competition | Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, Trinidad-and-Tobago
In Competition | Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada
In Competition | Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary

- 2019 -
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In Competition | Rendez-Vous Quebec Cinema, Canada
Special Screening | Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival - Talent Tout Court, France
Special Screening | Longue vue sur le court, Canada
In Competition | Breakthroughs Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Festival du Film d’Animation d'Annecy, France
In Competition | Palm Springs Short Fest, USA
In Competition | Kinemastic, Malta
In Competition | Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
In Competition | I Castelli Animati Festival, Italy
Semi-Finalist | Minikino Film Week, Indonesia
In Competition | Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Short Short Story Film Festival, USA

- 2020 -
In Competition | Victoria Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Stockholm Experimental and Animation Film Festival, Sweden
In Competition | Women Media Art and Film Festival, Australia

Awards

- 2018 -
Gold Award Best Animation Short | Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque, USA

Photos

Not Your Panda - Tigris Alt Sakda - 2018
Not Your Panda - Tigris Alt Sakda - 2018
Not Your Panda - Tigris Alt Sakda - 2018

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