Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2018.[1] Based on the writings of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, the film centres on Biidaaban, a young shapeshifter on a secret mission to revive the traditional First Nations ritual of harvesting sap from maple trees to make maple sugar, despite living in a contemporary urban area.

Not to be confused with Biidaaban: First Light.
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
Stop Motion Puppets used in Biidaaban
Directed byAmanda Strong
Written byAmanda Strong
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Produced byAmanda Strong
CinematographyTerrance Azzuolo
Edited byMarcus Kliewer
Amanda Strong
Music byJoseph Murray
Lodewijk Vos
Production
company
Spotted Fawn Productions
Release date
  • September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06) (TIFF)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, where it won the award for Best Script and received an honourable mention from the Best Canadian Animation jury,[3] and at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Short Film.[4]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.[5] It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[6]

References
  1. "'Live action could never have created these worlds': Amanda Strong on her latest film, Biidaaban". CBC Arts, September 13, 2018.
  2. "TIFF 2018: CBC Indigenous lists 6 films to watch". CBC News Indigenous, August 29, 2018.
  3. "‘Solar Walk,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2018". Cartoon Brew, September 29, 2018.
  4. "Haida-language feature Edge of the Knife wins VIFF’s top B.C. Spotlight awards ". The Georgia Straight, October 6, 2018.
  5. "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
  6. "‘Animal Behaviour’ Leads Animation Nominees for Canadian Screen Awards". Animation World Network, February 8, 2019.


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