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ANNAH LA JAVANAISE

In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story.

Based on the book HOW DO WE LOOK? by Fatimah Tobing Rony

DIRECTED by Fatimah Tobing Rony
ANIMATION / ART DIRECTION by Ariel Victor
SCORE / SOUND DESIGN by Aghi Narottama
PRODUCED by Savage Films

ANIMATION by Michaela Clarissa Levi / Raffael A Gumelar / M Arifaza R Bintang / Jennifer Karina Suwito / Alpian Maulana / Jip Hana Ramadhani / Jason Kiantoro

VOICES by Rosana Nur Cikita / Imam Wahyudi / Oom Umiyati / Karen Strassman / Jean-Michel Richaud

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Awards

2021 Best Short Film, Anifilm International Film Festival of Animation, Czech Republic

2021 Best Short Film, Pixelatl, Cuernavaca Mexico

2021 Best International Film, Devenir Réalisateur Film Festival, Paris, France

2021 Best Animated Short, LA Femme International Film Festival, California, USA

2021 Best Social Justice Film, Hollywood Women's International Film Festival, USA

2021 Audience Award, Woods Hole Film Festival, USA

2022 Best Film, Edinburgh International Short Film Festival, UK

2022 Best Animated Short, Rome International Cinema Festival, Italy


Official Selection

2020 Annecy Film Festival, Annecy, France

2021 Berlin International Festival of Animation, Berlin, Germany

2021 Flickers' Rhode Island International Festival, Providence, USA

2021 Canal de Panama International Film Festival, Panama City, Panama

2021 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Middlebury, USA

2021 Encounters International Festival, Bristol, UK.

2021 Indie-An Film, Korea Independent Animation Film Festival, Seoul, Korea

2021 Anima Córdoba International Film Festival, Córdoba, Argentina

2021 Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN, USA

2021 Interfilm, 37th International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany

2022 Sydney Short Film Festival, Australia

2022 Close: Up Rekjavik Film Festival, Iceland