Planet Fantastic presents The Girl Who Cried Pearls & Other Animated Fables

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CANADIAN ANIMATED SHORTS Vol. 1 - Fables, Myths and Modern Legends:

FEATURED WORKS

 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (2025). Dir. Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski

Oscar® Winner 2026, Best Animated Short Film.

A haunting stop-motion fable set in early 20th century Montreal

Academy Awards, Annecy, TIFF

 INKWO: FOR WHEN THE STARVING RETURN (2024). Dir. Amanda Strong

In a future a young Indigenous warrior faces creatures.

Indigenous stop-motion with handcrafted puppets and tactile design.

Sundance, TIFF, Leo Awards

 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (1999). Dir. Aleksandr Petrov

Oscar® Winner 2000, Best Animated Short Film. A landmark paint-on-glass

animated adaptation of the Hemingway classic.

Annecy, BAFTA, Hiroshima Animation Festival

 BLIND VAYSHA (2016). Dir. Theodore Ushev

Oscar® Nominee 2017, Best Animated Short Film. A striking fable of a girl who

sees only the past and the future. Rendered in bold, graphic animation inspired

by woodcut and illustration.

Annecy, Berlin, Ottawa Animation Festival

 NUTAG-HOMELAND (2016). Dir. Alisi Telengut

A poetic, hand-painted animation exploring diaspora, memory, and homeland,

reflecting on the mass deportation of the Kalmyk people during WWII.

TIFF, Sundance, Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival

 MAKING OF THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (2025)

 Sheridan College Student Short: Music in the Pocket. Veronika Kostyuk

 Sheridan College Student Short: Bride of the Wind. Dir. Yunseo “Lupin” Kim

This event is co-presented by Sheridan College, Toronto Film School, OCADU and Hot Docs Film Festival

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