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Omelet

A short animated poetry film about a parent and child cooking together while reflecting upon the current state of the world.

  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Director
    Chrysanthemum, Aquarium, Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Writer
    Intimate Distances, Enter the Chrysanthemum, The Rainbow Rocket (books)
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Producer
    Chrysanthemum, Aquarium, Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Zebra Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 17, 2014
    European premiere
  • Sadho Poetry Film Festival
    Delhi
    India
    November 4, 2015
    Premiere in India
  • Berlin InterfilmShort Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 12, 2015
    Best of the Zebra Festival screening
    Selected as one of the best of the Zebra festival
  • Visible Verse Video-Poem Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    October 24, 2012
    Canadian Premiere
Director Biography - Fiona Tinwei Lam

Author of two poetry books, Intimate Distances (City of Vancouver Book Prize finalist) and Enter the Chrysanthemum, Fiona Tinwei Lam's work appears in over 30 anthologies, including The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English (10th anniversary edition). She has recently won The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford prize. She edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poetry about Facing Cancer. Her three video poems have screened at festivals locally and internationally. www.fionalam.net

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Director Statement

I like to approach my poetry videos differently each time, to reflect the nature of the poem and the images. Animation seems perfectly suited to poetry.