| Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | |
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 Stop Motion Puppets used in Biidaaban | |
| Directed by | Amanda Strong |
| Written by | Amanda Strong Leanne Betasamosake Simpson |
| Produced by | Amanda Strong |
| Cinematography | Terrance Azzuolo |
| Edited by | Marcus Kliewer Amanda Strong |
| Music by | Joseph Murray Lodewijk Vos |
Production company | Spotted Fawn Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2018. [1] Based on the writings of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, the film centres on Biidaaban, a young shapeshifter on a secret mission to revive the traditional First Nations ritual of harvesting sap from maple trees to make maple sugar, despite living in a contemporary urban area.
The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. [2] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, where it won the award for Best Script and received an honourable mention from the Best Canadian Animation jury, [3] and at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Short Film. [4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018. [5] It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. [6]
