Abby
Following an exchange of text messages with her mother about her newly adopted dog Abby, a young woman sees her experience as a transracial adoptee reflected in this adoption.
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Fanny Lord-BourcierDirector
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童宙 Tong Zhou LafranceKey Cast
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Guylaine DionneKey Cast
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Lily Otter-KollerKey Cast
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An-Laurence 安媛Music
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Project Title (Original Language):Abby
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Project Type:Animation, Short, Student
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Genres:Animation, Stop-Motion, Children, Human Rights
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Runtime:1 minute 59 seconds
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Completion Date:April 20, 2023
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Production Budget:150 USD
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:1.90:1
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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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Rendez-Vous Québec CinemaMontréal
Canada
February 24, 2024
Si Près Si Loin -
Toronto Reel Asian International Film FestivalToronto
Canada
November 11, 2023
Toronto Premiere
National Film Board of Canada Best Emerging Canadian Short Film Award / Emergence Shorts Programme -
Ottawa International Animation FestivalOttawa
Canada
September 21, 2023
World Premiere
Canadian Student Competition -
Montreal International Laureate Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
January 19, 2024 -
Bading Film FestivalMontréal
Canada
March 29, 2024 -
Yale Student Film FestivalNew Haven
United States
Fanny Lord-Bourcier is an animator and multidisciplinary artist, based in Tio'tia:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. Curious and keen, she is continuously willing to adopt and be adopted by new places, disciplines, mediums, and people. Fanny uses her medium of choice, animation — the art of movement — to bring to life simultaneously playful and reflective interpretations of reality.
In 2023, Fanny obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with great distinction from Concordia University, with a Major in Film Animation and a minor in Music. Her last film, Abby(2023), competed at the Ottawa International Film Festival in the Canadian Student category. Fanny's films have been screened in festivals worldwide, and her animations have been exhibited as video installations in several galleries.
Her work has been presented at Ottawa Art Gallery(2023), Festival Accès Asie(2023), Pierre-François Ouellet Art Contemporain gallery(2023), VAV gallery(2023), McCord Museum(2022), among others.
Abby is an animated short film exploring the themes of transracial and transnational adoption. Abby reflects on important challenges of transracial adoption: integration, trauma, and ambiguous loss. Without drawing conclusion or judgement, it portrays feelings of loneliness and cultural inadequacy.
Abby is closely inspired by my own experience as a transracial adoptee born in China, growing up as a visible minority in a primarily-white town in Canada.