| Nanitic | |
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| Directed by | Carol Nguyen |
| Written by | Carol Nguyen |
| Produced by | Marie Lytwyknuk Carol Nguyen |
| Starring | Kylie Le Ly Pham Van Pham |
| Cinematography | Alexandre Nour-Desjardins |
| Edited by | Carol Nguyen |
| Music by | Arie Verheul van de Ven |
| Distributed by | Travelling Distribution |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Vietnamese |
Nanitic is a 2022 Canadian short drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Carol Nguyen.[1] It stars Kylie Le, Ly Pham, and Van Pham, and follows a young Vietnamese-Canadian girl who observes as her terminally ill grandmother is taken care of by her aunt.
The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it was named the winner of the Share Her Journey award.[3] The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[4] It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[5]
The title of the short film comes from nanitics, which are the first generation of worker ants and shoulder the responsibility in taking care of the colony. As a queen ant's death also means the death of the entire colony, the Vietnamese-Canadian family in Nanitic are concerned for what will happen to them in the future when their matriarch finally dies.