Shira Avni, MFA
Associate Professor (Film Animation), Cinema
Email: | shira.avni@concordia.ca |
Website(s): |
Research Page National Film Board of Canada Director's Page Two One Two Film Trailer Two One Two Festival Page |
Availability: |
Please note that as a neurodivergent faculty member, I much prefer email contact to telephone, and rarely check voicemail. My office hours are Wednesday 10-12, by appointment only. Please email me at least 48 hours in advance. Thank you! |
Her 2023 film, Two One Two, has won 13 international awards and 6 nominations to date,including the Special Jury Prize at the Sommets du Cinéma d'animation, Best Animated Short Film at the Berlin Short Film Festival, the Nonviolence Award at Ann Arbor, Best Documentary Microshort at Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, as well as a Golden Sheaf Award nomination, with over 115 film festival screenings worldwide.
Teaching activities
Teaching
Area of Expertise
Film Animation, Under Camera Animation, Animated Documentary
Video links
Two One Two Trailer
Tying Your Own Shoes
Tying Your Own Shoes by Shira Avni, National Film Board of Canada
Tying Your Own Shoes is an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down Syndrome. An artful, four-way essay about ability, this animated film explores how it feels to be a little bit unusual.
John and Michael
John and Michael by Shira Avni, National Film Board of Canada
John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay backlit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion.