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Families' Albums

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How it feels

This short animated film uses abstract images drawn from family photo albums. It reflects on how pictures both shape and change what we remember about our lives.

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What happens

Families' Albums (French: Albums de familles) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Moïa Jobin-Paré and released in 2023. Told without dialogue, the film presents an abstract representation of images from various family photo albums, constituting a reflection on the role of images in the construction and distortion of human memory. The film premiered at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival, and was later screened at festivals including the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 2024 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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