Flowing Home

Flowing Home
VietnameseNhư một dòng sông
Directed bySandra Desmazières
Written bySandra Desmazières
Produced byDora Benousilio
Julie Roy
StarringSara Martins
Linh-Dan Pham
Edited byGuerric Catala
Music byManuel Merlot
Animation byKeyu Chen
Sandra Desmazières
Janet Perlman
Jean-Jacques Prunès
Jing Wang
Production
companies
National Film Board of Canada
Les Films de l'Arlequin
Release date
  • July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17)
Running time
20 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
LanguageEnglish

Flowing Home (Vietnamese: Như một dòng sông) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Sandra Desmazières and released in 2021.[1] The film tells the story of two sisters in Vietnam who are separated during the Vietnam War, and not reunited for 20 years.[1]

The film was named to the initial shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film,[2] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[3]

  1. ^ a b "How Sandra Desmazières Made Her Lush, Buzzworthy Film ‘Flowing Home’". Cartoon Brew, January 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Amid Amidi, "15 Animated Shorts Make Oscar Shortlist And ‘Flee’ Makes International And Documentary Shortlists". Cartoon Brew, December 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.