The Fourfold / Štirikrat
Alisi Telengut
2020, CAN, 7'14''
The story is an exploration of the indigenous world-view and wisdom based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia. Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.
Film predstavlja raziskovanje razumevanja sveta in modrosti avtohtonega prebivalstva Mongolije in Sibirije, natančneje njihovih starodavnih animističnih prepričanj in šamanskih obredov. V luči sodobne eksistencialne krize in hitrih okoljskih sprememb, ki jih povzroča človek, je za zdravje planeta in nečloveškega sveta treba obnoviti ideje animizma.
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Stop motion, Object animation
Language: Mongolian
Directed and animated by: Alisi Telengut
Voice Interview: Qirima Telengut
Song: Wave by Tuvan music group Huun-Huur-Tu and Bulgarian Voices Angelite
Song License: Ulrich Balß, JARO Medien GmbH
Sound Design: Alisi Telengut
Additional Sound Effects: Freesound.org
Sound Mix: Olivier Calvert
Artist Residencies: Toronto Animated Image Society - TAIS, Main Film (Montréal), Cinémathèque québécoise (Montréal)
Acknowledgements: The project was supported by Main Film (Montréal), Cinémathèque québécoise, Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Animated Image Society - TAIS, National Film Board of Canada - Filmmaker Assistance Program (NFB - FAP)
Thank you: Myfanwy Ashmore, Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea, Alexis Landriault, Gabrielle Bergeron-Leduc, Martine Chartrand, Marco de Blois, Michael Fukushima, Dominique Forget, Olivier Calvert, Emma Roufs, Friends and family
Alisi Telengut
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. Alisi is a Canadian Screen Award nominee and a Québec Cinéma Awards - Prix Iris nominee in Best Animated Film. Her work 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). Alisi's work has been screened and 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.
Awards and Nominations
2021 Nominee in Best Animated Short, Canadian Screen Award
2021 Nominee in Best Animated Short, Iris Award, Québec Cinéma
2021 Jury Award in Short Short category, Aspen Shortsfest, USA
2021 Nominee in Best Editing and Best Sound Design, Rianne Pictures - Women X Film Festival, UK
2021 Honourable Mention in Audience Favourite, Florida Animation Festival, USA
2021 Nomination for Best Short Film, Sundance Film Festival, USA
2021 Honourable Mention, International Film Festival of Larissa, Greece
2020 Jury Award of Best Animation, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA
2020 Jury Award, Cinécipo 9º Festival do Filme Insurgente, Brazil
2020 Special mention, Rovereto DOC Fest - The International Archaeology Film Festival / Rassegna Internazionale Cinema Archeologico, Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy