THE FOURFOLD

Credits

Director / Writer Alisi Telengut

Producer Alisi Telengut, Main Film, Cinémathèque québécoise, Canada Council

Project Type Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short

Runtime 7 minutes 14 seconds

Country of Origin Canada

Sinopsis

Based on the ancient shamanic rituals and animistic beliefs in Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. With hand-crafted imagery, a testament of reclaiming animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.

Director Biography

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin. She creates animation frame by frame under the camera with mixed media to generate movement, and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her films. Her works received multiple international awards and nominations, including the Best Short Film at Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden), Best Animated Film at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (USA) and the Jury Award at the Aspen Shortsfest (USA). Her short film The Fourfold was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the Canadian Screen Awards and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards. Alisi’s works have been exhibited internationally, such as at Sundance (USA), TIFF (Canada), the Canadian Cultural Centre at the Embassy of Canada (France), RISO – Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily (Italy), CICA Museum – Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (South Korea), Museum Berlin Lichtenberg (Germany) among others.