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  • An Excavation of Us (Le Déterrement de Nous), 2D+3D compositing animation, 2017.

    The shadows of Napoleon's army fall upon a boat traveling through the mysterious cave named after her legend Marie Jeanne, a female soldier who fought in the Haitian Revolution. It is this battle inside her cave that will become the most successful slave revolution in history.


    Crew:

    Writer & Director: Shirley Bruno

    Animation & Compositing: Alexandru Petru Badelita

    Sound Design & Mix: Rémi Mencucci

    Storyboard & Editing: Shirley Bruno

    Music concrête: Junkai Chen

    With support by the Greek Film Centre & Le Fresnoy - studio national des arts contemporains


    Festivals:

    Annecy Animation International FF 2018 (France), Internationale Kurzfimtage Winterthur (Switzerland), Hong Kong International FF, Maryland Film Festival (USA), Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan), Third Horizon (Miami), Timishort FF (Romania), Animage International Animation (Brazil), AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora (Greece)


    Exhibitions: 

    "Still I Rise : Feminisms, gender, resistance - Act 3" Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol UK

    "Intertextuality: Performance/Subjectivity in Experimental Shorts" special screening, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles US

    Special Screening, MoMA PS.1, nyc, ny

    "Echos Dunkerquois" FRAC Grand Large, Dunkerque France


    Broadcast: 

    Tënk

    Kweli TV


    Distributors: 

    Vidéographe


    Awards:

    Prix Ars Electronica - Honorary Mention

    Annecy Animation International Film Festival Off-Limits Prize

    Distribution: Unlimited release (FRANCE) in cinemas by FLUX RENCONTRES Audiovisuelles 2018


    Permanent collections:

    Le CNAP - Centre national des arts plastiques (France)