Window Horses
| Window Horses | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ann Marie Fleming |
| Written by | Ann Marie Fleming |
| Starring | Sandra Oh Nancy Kwan Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese |
Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming) is a 2016 Canadian animated feature film written and directed by Ann Marie Fleming, based on Fleming's graphic novel Window Horses: The Poetic Epiphany of Rosie Ming.[1]
Funding for the film was raised through an IndieGoGo campaign, which amassed more than $80,000 in 50 days, from 730 contributors in 28 countries. The film was co-produced by Fleming's Stickgirl Productions, Sandra Oh and the National Film Board of Canada.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
The story follows Rosie Ming (Sandra Oh), a young Canadian poet of mixed descent that grew up believing that her father abandoned her. She's been invited to perform her poetry at a festival in Iran, where she finds that what she'd been told as a child may not necessarily be the entire truth.
Cast
- Sandra Oh as Rosie
- Nancy Kwan as Gloria
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mehrnaz
- Camyar Chaichian as Cyrus
- Navid Negahban as Mehran
- Omid Abtahi as Ramin
- Ellen Page as Kelly
- Don McKellar as Dietmar
- Kristen Thomson as Caroline
- Jun (James) Zhu as Di Di
- Panta Mosleh as Shahrzad
- Eddy Ko as Stephen
Release
The film had its world premiere in competition at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival,[4] followed by its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Sandra Oh: Diverse casting should be the new normal". Q (CBC Radio). 17 October 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Vlessing, Etan (October 28, 2014). "Sandra Oh Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Finance Animated Feature (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Window Horses: Discover the NFB's First Feature-Length Animation to Screen at Annecy in Almost 20 Years". NFB/blog. National Film Board of Canada. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Mayorga, Emilio (26 April 2016). "'Horses,' 'Nuts!' 'Stations' Make Annecy Competition Cut". Variety. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Deepa Mehta, Alanis Obomsawin bring latest to TIFF". CBC News, August 3, 2016.
