Create; survive

Directed by Alex Anna

Genre	Documentary
Country	Canada (Quebec)
Year	2024
Length	20 min
Formats	DCP
Sound	Stereo
Version	English subtitles, French subtitles, Original French and English version

Synopsis

How can you continue to create when you can barely feed yourself? Alex Anna presents their film Scars at a sunlit festival, but behind their apparent success hides a ceaseless fight with their own mind. Expressing the brutality of loneliness through a poetic act of cinematography, Create; survive confronts our virtual and public identities against the intimate reality of depression.

Themes

human relationships, self esteem, success, identity, social issue

Biography

Alex Anna is a director in love with cinematographic language and words in all their beauty. A queer and feminist filmmaker, they use art to give a voice to silenced subjects. Their short film Scars premiered in TIFF 2020 and won over 30 prizes in more than 90 festivals.

Cast

Alex Anna

Team

Production	Kélyna N. Lauzier (La 115e)
CINEMATOGRAPHY	Jonathan Strutz
EDITING	Valérie Tremblay
Sound	Stéphane Debien
Music	Lass, Jon Onj, Pomme

Awards

Shorts Not Pants, Canada | 2024 * Best Canadian Short

Festivals