Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming).
30 September 2016 6:15 PMVIFF at Vancouver Playhouse
Buy03 October 2016 3:45 PMVIFF at International Village 9
Ann Marie Fleming, one of Canada’s most beloved animators, is back with an extraordinary tale of art, history, and family.
Sandra Oh, Ellen Page and Don McKellar lend their voices to this warm and witty animated feature by Ann Marie Fleming (The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam) with narration by Mehdi Darvish.
Ann Marie Fleming’s Window Horses is a beautifully narrated and colourfully animated story of a young girl’s journey toward self-discovery. After being invited to a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran, by a mysterious figure, Rosie Ming faces challenges and discoveries that ultimately lead to her self-realization. Unaware of the reasons behind her father’s disappearance, she has her perspective and conscience awakened by her experiences and the information she uncovers.
The first feature-length animation from the NFB to be selected for the festival since Pierre Hébert’s La plante humaine, the film features a rich colour palette sure to tantalize the audience. At times, it gives way to guest-animated sequences in which poetic illustration and artistic expression convey the spiritedness of living freely. Window Horses uses poetry, music and illustration to celebrate the value of accepting cultures, opening one’s mind and tapping into unknown aspects of the self as a form of self-transformation and spiritual transcendence.
“This is not just a visual treat, it’s a rewarding and unexpectedly engrossing piece of female-led storytelling.”—Wendy Ide, Screen.
The film seamlessly integrates different animation styles to express Rosie’s diverse experiences; the richness of this world is presented for the audience to marvel at with the same wide-eyed wonder as Rosie. One of the most magical things about Window Horses is how a single sentence, an idea, or a scrap of history can come to life in the most colourful and graceful of ways, flowering into a poetic universe all its own.
WEBSITE:
http://windowhorses.com/
http://behindthecurtains.windowhorses.com/
TRAILER:
https://vimeo.com/155891239
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/windowhorses/?ref=ts
REVIEW FROM TIFF:
http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/tiff-2016-aquarius-the-salesman-window-horses
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