The Hoopoe And The Owls
The Hoopoe and the Owls is an adaptation of an old Iranian story about a hoopoe who goes along with what a group of owls say in order to survive.
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Manisa HopeDirector
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Manisa HopeWriter
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Mel Hoppenheim School of CinemaProducer
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Patrick BengioMusic
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Mazyar ShahcheraghiNarration
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Project Type:Animation, Short, Student
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Genres:Drama
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Runtime:3 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:April 11, 2017
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - Concordia University
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Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de MontréalMontreal
Canada
November 22, 2017
Recipient of the Special price NAD school -
Interdimensional Horror & Sci-Fi Festival: SacalacalacaMexico
Mexico
November 2, 2017 -
ANIMAGE - VIII International Animation Festival of PernambucoRecife
Brazil
November 24, 2017 -
Craft International Animation FestivalYogyakarta, Java
Indonesia
October 24, 2017 -
Fantasia International Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
July 13, 2017 -
Concordia Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
May 5, 2017
Canadian
Recipient of the Best Graduate Animated Film -
Feminist Border Arts Film FestivalNew Mexico State University
United States
April 16, 2018 -
Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF)Melbourne
Australia
June 13, 2018 -
AniFilm, International Festival of Animated FilmsTrebon
Czech Republic
May 16, 2018 -
FIAfest, International Audiovisual FestivalUniversidad de La Sabana
Colombia -
VAV Gallery, Concordia UniversityMontreal
Canada
Recipient of the CUAA Fine Arts Prize at the Graduating Student Arts Exhibition -
Animation : Illustration FestivalGeorgia
United States
April 18, 2018 -
A-FestFilmROZAFATIRANA
Albania
May 21, 2018 -
Edmonton International Film FestivalEdmonton
Canada -
Anim’est – international animation film festivalBucharest
Romania -
Big Shoulders International Student Film FestivalChicago
United States
February 2, 2019
Recipient of the Best Animated Film -
29th Istanbul International Short Film FestivalIZMIR
Turkey -
fliQs, queer film screeningMontreal
Canada
September 11, 2018
Manisa Hope (Narges Haghighat) is a Canadian-Iranian animation filmmaker who graduated from the Film Animation program, at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University in 2017. Later on, she was accepted into the Master of Fine Arts in Film Production program at the same school which she completed in 2023.
She holds a prior bachelor’s degree in computer software programming, and has two decades of experience in acrylic and oil painting techniques, as well as intricate colour pencil drawings.
Growing up, I saw lots of people killed just for speaking about reality and expressing their opinions. Many parents and young people decided to stay silent and not speak out against the harsh government regime because they didn't want to bring harm to themselves or to their families or friends. I grew up in a place where being yourself is very difficult and most of the time you have to pretend to fit in with society even if it does not make sense. I felt an unbearable pain and uncomfortable in my own skin when I had to present myself in a certain way to prevent misunderstandings and avoid problems in my conservative community.
This painful experience inspired me to make this short animated film that speaks, not only for me, but for many young people around the world who live under society's pressure, and would like to share their experiences, stories, emotions, lifestyles, beliefs, and feelings with others.
I decided to use the paint on paper technique frame by frame because colour moves something deep inside me. Although life in a country like Iran is often filled with dark moments, the people have infinite hope inside themselves. Colour can illustrate and serve as a metaphor for this hope.