Mizuko

2019 - short documentary film


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Awards

Winner of Tribeca Institute (now Field of Vision) If/Then Shorts Documentary Program in 2018

Selected for The Sundance Ignite Program in 2019

2020 Nomination for Best Short at International Documentary Awards (IDA) | 2020 Best Documentary Short Award at Atlanta Film Festival | 2019 Special Jury Mention for Short Documentary Competition at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) | 2020 Special Jury Mention for Short Documentary Competition at South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) | 2020 Jury Mention for US Competition GLAS Animation Festival | 2020 Asia Development Foundation Award at DMZ Docs | 2020 Grand Jury Award at San Diego Asian Film Festival | 2020 Best Documentary Short and Audience Award at NFFTY | 2020 Best Short at Philadelphia Film Festival

Festivals and Events

IDFA (Netherlands) Competition for Short Documentary 2019 • SXSW (USA) Competition for Short Documentary 2020 • GLAS Animation Festival (USA) US Competition 2020 • ACT Human Rights Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Atlanta Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Champs Elysées Film Festival (France) 2020 • Palm Springs International Shortfest (USA) 2020 • AFI Docs Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival (Tel Aviv) 2020 • European Film Festival of Lille (France) 2020  • Nevertheless Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA) 2020 • rePRO Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) 2020 • Women Make Waves International Film Festival (Taiwan) 2020 • Sidewalk Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (South Korea) 2020 • DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (South Korea) 2020 • Diaspora Film Festival (South Korea) 2020 • Woodstock Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Nashville Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (USA) 2020 • El Paso Film Festival (USA) 2020 • NFFTY (USA) 2020 • Denver Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Philadelphia Film Festival (USA) 2020 • San Diego Asian Film Festival (USA) 2020 • New Orleans Film Festival (USA) 2020 • DOC NYC (USA) 2020 • Fusion Film Festival (USA) 2020 • Tricycle Buddhist Short Film Festival (USA) 2021 • Tricky Women / Tricky Realities (Austria) 2021 • Seoul International Senior Film Festival (South Korea) 2022 • Cinéma La Clef Revival (France) 2022 • Baturu Cultural Festival (China) 2022 • Rising Sun International Film Festival (Japan) 2022

Directed and Produced by Kira Dane & Katelyn Rebelo 

Written by Kira Dane

Watercolor Animation Kira Dane, Joyce Zhao, Melissa Garvin 

Assistant Watercolor Animator Zoya To 

Stop Motion Animation Katelyn Rebelo 

Director of Photography Katelyn Rebelo 

Edited by Kira Dane & Katelyn Rebelo 

Associate Producer Gretta Wilson

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Supported by

Tribeca Film Institute - IF/Then Shorts

For Tribeca Film Institute

Executive Producer Amy Hobby

Supervising Producer Mridu Chandra

Program Manager Caitlin Mae Burke

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Music Composed by Midori Hirano

Published by Erased Tapes Music

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“The stars vs creatures” Written by Cecile Schott, Performed by Colleen 

Published by Cecile Schott Courtesy of Thrill Jockey 

Records By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music