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Callaesthetics

Name: Callaesthetics
Genre: Animation
Released: 2001
Duration: 2 min 30 s

2001 (estimated) Student Film Gulf Islands Film and Television School

Studio: Gulf Islands Film and Television School

Synopsis

The struggle of a girl dealing with the repercussions of sexual abuse, who learns how she is still beautiful. Text is spoken aloud and written on the body of the maker as she chronicles her survival of childhood sexual abuse.

Characters

Girl

Credits

Directing

Director: Calliane Bachman, Asa Goldstein, Bronwen Marsden, Rebecca Simonetti, Jaymie McAmmound

Production notes

Hand-processed stop-motion and scratch animation.

Awards

Best Drama (For Kids, By Kids), Burbank International Children's Film Festival, 2001.
Best Youth Experimental Film, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 2002.
Best Amateur Experimental Film, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 2002.
Third-Best Amateur Overall Film, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 2002.
Third-Best Canadian Film, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 2002.
Best Experimental (Senior Secondary), Cascadia Festival of Moving Images, 2002.
Third Place (Post-Secondary), Experimentals, British Columbia Student Film Festival, 2002