How my grandmother became a chair

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How my grandmother became a chair

Nicolas Fattouh // Libanon, Qatar, Germany // 2020 // 09:55 min

Animation // Drama, Tragedy

Language: Without Dialogues // Subtitles: Without Subtitles

Grandmother loses her five senses one after the other until she transforms into a wooden chair. Throughout her transformation, she realizes that her housekeeper is not the wild animal she thought she was, but the caring and strong family member she was looking for.

Topics:

#Dependence #Age #Fear #Work #Outsiders #Loneliness #Poverty #Family #parents #Family Gathering #Society #Human Rights #Mutation #Racism #BIPOC

Festivals & Awards:

Krakow Film Festival - Poland, 2020
Animator Animation Festival, Poznan
Animafilm Baku Animation Festival
Kaohsiung Film Festival
Bucheon Animation Festival
Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival
KROK Animation Festival
Banjaluka Animation Festival
Kuandu Animation Festival, Taipei
Filem'On Film Festival, Brussels
Animest, Bucharest
Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin
Ajayu Animation Festival, Puno
ReAnima Animation Festival, Bergen
Etiuda&Anima, Krakow
Ajyal Film Festival, Doha

& more