Private Project

Lost Stream

A short animated poetry video based on a poem about a lost and hidden stream that was part of a former network of waterways

  • Quinn Kelly
    Director
    Merry, Un/Write
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Director
    Utility Pole, Plasticnic, Plasticpoems, Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski, Omelet, Aquarium, Chrysanthemum
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Writer
    Un/Write, Utility Pole, Plasticnic, Plasticpoems, Omelet, Aquarium, Chrysanthemum
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Producer
    Un/Write, Utility Pole, Plasticnic, Plasticpoems, Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski, Omelet, Aquarium, Chrysanthemum
  • Fiona Tinwei Lam
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 6, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 CAD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K digital video
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Vancouver Public Library
    Vancouver
    Canada
    November 23, 2024
Director Biography - Quinn Kelly, Fiona Tinwei Lam

Animator and Co-Director Quinn Kelly is an independent filmmaker from Vancouver BC. His skills include cinematography, animation, music production and storytelling. He is privileged to work with poet Fiona Tinwei Lam and other artists, groups and organizations trying to make positive social and environmental change. quinnkellyfilm.com/

Vancouver-based writer,editor and teacher, Fiona Tinwei Lam has authored three poetry collections and a children’s book. She edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems about Facing Cancer, and co-edited two nonfiction anthologies. Shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Prize and other awards, her work appears in over 45 anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry and Best Canadian Essays. She has collaborated on award-winning poetry videos that have screened at festivals internationally. She was Vancouver’s poet laureate 2022-24. She teaches at Simon Fraser University (Continuing Studies). fionalam.net

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Director Statement

The animation for Lost stream conjures up feelings of an ancient presence that’s been restrained, contained and forgotten. The contrast between the images of water, able to take on many forms, with the overwhelming and intricately constructed civilization is the driving force for the concept behind the Lost stream video. The way these two ways of being interconnect and transition seamlessly between artistic styles and spaces creates a mysterious and somber reflection on the natural world that has been increasingly confined and lost to time.