Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal
The formation and history of Lake Baikal in Siberia are re-imagined with hand-made animation, featuring the voice of a Buryat woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat-Mongolian language.
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Presented as Part Of Short Film Program 9: From Land to Water
Biolumin
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5 min | Dennis Noel López Sosa | Mexico | Canadian Premiere | Spanish
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3 min | Zephyr McKenna | Canada | World Premiere | English
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