Yarlung

Directed by Kunsang Kyirong

Canada, 2020 (animation, 5 minutes, black and white, English)

Film Description:
"Three children in the Tibetan village of Tezu, India interact with the Yarlung Tsangpo (river) in different ways in response to a death in the family."
-- Vancouver Short Film Festival (source)

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Quote by the Director

"I love working with tactile things and I really love room for spontaneity. For instance, [in Yarlung] I'm starting with one shot: the grandma is pouring tea, and I want to move to children running. When I'm starting to erase the tea and the steam that's coming out, children's feet kind of emerge. It's almost as if I'm uncovering each new drawing as I start to erase the previous one."
-- Kunsang Kyirong (source)

Web Sites about Yarlung

Grauer, Perrin. "Kunsang Kyirong's 'Yarlung' Wins Best Canadian Student Animation at 2020 OIAF." Emily Carr University of Art+ Design. https://www.ecuad.ca/news/2020/kunsang-kyirongs-yarlung-wins-best-canadian-student-animation-at-2020-oiaf.