Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, The Fourfold explores the indigenous worldview and wisdom. Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid negative environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materiality. By re-considering the idea of animism and its beliefs and practices, the film offers an opportunity to include indigenous knowledge and experience in order to have a truly universal outlook and (re-)write more inclusive histories. The Fourfold was animated by hand with mixed media with the under-camera technique and workflow.

Long Live Forest is a short experimental film based on the digital imageries of various landscapes: from two-dimensional paintings with oil pastel, three-dimensional textures, and objects, to a miniature set of forests. The hand-held digital camera explores constructed landscapes that are composed of artificial materials and natural elements, such as real plants.

Created through the residencies at Cinémathèque québécoise, Main Film, TAIS - Toronto Animated Image Society, and supported by NFB-FAP program and Canada Council for the Arts.

About the artist

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin. She creates animation frame by frame under the camera with mixed media to generate movement and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her films. Alisi is a Canadian Screen Award nominee and a Québec Cinéma Awards - Prix Iris nominee in Best Animated Film. Her work has received multiple international awards and nominations, and has been screened and exhibited internationally at Sundance (USA), TIFF (Canada), the Canadian Cultural Centre at the Embassy of Canada in France, CICA Museum - Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (South Korea), and Museum Berlin Lichtenberg (Germany), among others. 

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