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Anne Koizumi

Anne Koizumi completed her undergraduate studies in Film Production at the University of British Columbia and her Masters in Film Production at York University in 2011. In 2006, she was invited by the National Film Board of Canada to participate in Hothouse 3, an animation intensive for emerging animators, where she completed her first professional film "A Prairie Story". Her films have screened n…

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In the Shadow of the Pines

In the Shadow of the Pines · 2020

In the Shadow of the Pines

MovieAnimationDocumentary

In the Shadow of the Pines is an animated short documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship. Drawing on childhood memories, Anne Koizumi, the filmmaker, explores her upbringing with her Japanese immigrant dad, who was also the janitor at the elementary school she attended. The film explores the idea of shame and how it can shape and define us while also concealing who we can truly become.

My World, Your Melody

My World, Your Melody · 2024

My World, Your Melody

A choir of tropical frogs performs infectious pop in delightfully unsettling animation from Costa Rican-Canadian artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes. Riffing on karaoke companion videos and the swipe-n-scroll conventions of handheld media, she infuses candy-coloured digital animation with the spectre of ecological collapse.

Inside the Hothouse 3

Inside the Hothouse 3 · 2006

Inside the Hothouse 3

MovieAnimationDocumentary

A look into the creative process and frenzy behind the third edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. This zippy, mini-documentary reflects the youthful iconoclasm of the six emerging filmmakers and Jason Lee, the documentary director.

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper · 2015

The Yellow Wallpaper

In this stop-motion animated adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, a woman descends into madness when she is forced into isolation, after giving birth to her first child. Alone in a room, surrounded by an unsightly yellow wallpaper, her anxiety and paranoia intensifies and the woman begins to identify with a figure trapped behind the surface of the wall.

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In the Shadow of the Pines

In the Shadow of the Pines · 2020

In the Shadow of the Pines

MovieAnimationDocumentary

In the Shadow of the Pines is an animated short documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship. Drawing on childhood memories, Anne Koizumi, the filmmaker, explores her upbringing with her Japanese immigrant dad, who was also the janitor at the elementary school she attended. The film explores the idea of shame and how it can shape and define us while also concealing who we can truly become.

Animation

My World, Your Melody

My World, Your Melody · 2024

My World, Your Melody

A choir of tropical frogs performs infectious pop in delightfully unsettling animation from Costa Rican-Canadian artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes. Riffing on karaoke companion videos and the swipe-n-scroll conventions of handheld media, she infuses candy-coloured digital animation with the spectre of ecological collapse.

Associate Producer

Inside the Hothouse 3

Inside the Hothouse 3 · 2006

Inside the Hothouse 3

MovieAnimationDocumentary

A look into the creative process and frenzy behind the third edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. This zippy, mini-documentary reflects the youthful iconoclasm of the six emerging filmmakers and Jason Lee, the documentary director.

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper · 2015

The Yellow Wallpaper

In this stop-motion animated adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, a woman descends into madness when she is forced into isolation, after giving birth to her first child. Alone in a room, surrounded by an unsightly yellow wallpaper, her anxiety and paranoia intensifies and the woman begins to identify with a figure trapped behind the surface of the wall.

Director