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Nanitic

Directed by Carol Nguyen
Canada, 2022 (fiction, 14 minutes, colour, Vietnamese)
Nanitic
Image: © Travelling Distribution

Film Description:
"na-nit-ic / adjective: 'The first brood of worker ants produced by a queen ant using only the reserved nutrition in her body. Nanitics shoulder the initial fate of the colony and are often underfed due to the conditions in colony building. Thus, nanitics may be smaller in size from later workers ants to optimize the survival of the group...' — But what happens to the colony when the queen dies? Had the nanitics done enough? 9 year-old Trang starts to shift out of oblivion as her aunt Ut tends to Grandma, who lies in her deathbed in the living room. How can a single body occupy so much space? What will happen when Grandma is gone?"
-- Travelling Distribution (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Carol Nguyen
Produced by: Carol Nguyen, Marie Lytwynuk
Principal Cast: Kylie Le, Ly Pham, Van Pham, Dam Nguyen, Eve Sevigny, Fred Nguyen, An Nguyen, DJ Express, Angelica Pascoe
Cinematography: Alexandre Nour-Desjardins
Film Editing: Carol Nguyen
Music: Arie Van de Ven
Production Company: Coop Vidéo de Montréal
(sources)


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