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Water for Canaries

  • TIFF Bell Lightbox 350 King St W Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3X5 Canada (map)

1 min
Suzie Hanna
Short Animation
2019 - UK, Canada

Screens with: THE TOWER

The Canadian poet Doyali Islam's award-winning poem 'Water for Canaries' concerns her metaphorical narrative meditation on a photograph taken during a ceasefire after the bombing of Beit Hanoun in 2014. Animator Suzie Hanna has collaborated to create a short poetry animation using hand cut stencils and paint to emphasise the chaotic atmosphere and the fragile reflective celebration of life in the midst of destruction.

International Premiere



Earlier Event: September 22
The Tower
Later Event: September 22
Closing Night: Gaza