There's a Flower in My Pedal (2005)
- Directed by
- Andrea Dorfman
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman confronts her fears and insecurities by blending live action with collage animation. The film is inspired by a memory of the director's mother who stopped riding her bicycle after a small fall.
poeticgentlecontemplativehopefulintimatereflectivewhimsical
What happens
There's a Flower in My Pedal is a Canadian short film, directed by Andrea Dorfman and released in 2005. Blending live action and animation in a collage style, the film is a poetic meditation on facing up to fear and insecurity, inspired in part by a childhood memory of her mother never riding her beloved bicycle again in her lifetime after sustaining a minor injury from falling off of it. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film. In 2023, the film was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the International Cycling Film Festival, Herne, Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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