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Scars (2020)

Scars poster
Directed by
Alex Anna
Genre
documentary film
Country
France, Canada
Runtime
11 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker blends live action and animation to examine her own scars from self-harm. The film reflects on her personal history with mental health.

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What happens

Scars is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Alex Anna and released in 2020. Blending live action with animation, the film explores Anna's own mental health history by documenting the scars resulting from her own history of self-harm. The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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