diario de verano (2025) by anivides
diario de verano is an exploration of neighborhood flora in Tkaronto, focusing on Kensington Market, Parkdale and Wallace – Emmerson, areas we live and move through. Experimentation with abstract movement and the physical, compositional properties of foraged materials, strengthened our community/kinship to the land and each other. Artistic practices were explored and shared through gathering rituals, stop motion animation and phytograms, creating complex layers of ourselves intertwined through our latinx identities in this short film.
Awards:
Best Animated Film at Moss Farm - Film and Arts Invitational at Meristem - Fair Oaks, California
Festival Screenings:
2025
“Language” program at L’Alternativa 32nd Festival de Cinema Independent De Barcelona at Centre De Cultura Contemporània De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Analogica 15 - PR 4 - Bolzano, Italy
The 19th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase at Royal Theatre, Toronto
Planet in Focus Film Festival at Paradise Theatre - Toronto
“Crossings & Kinships” program at aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival at CineCycle - Toronto
“Animal Eye” program at Antimatter [Media Art] at Deluge - Victoria
Moss Farm - Film and Arts Invitational at Meristem - Fair Oaks, California
Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival at Huset Biograf - Coppenhagan, Denmark, STPLN The Lab - Malmö, Sweden and the Calgary Public Library, Central - Calgary
“Selección Oficial Categoría Internacional” at Intermediaciones de Videoarte y Cine Experimental - Medellín, Colombia
Open call: wndrlnd” at WNDX Festival of Moving Image - Rachel Browne Theatre - Winnipeg
“aDifferent Program 1 | Anadromes” as part of aCinema - Woodland Pattern - Milwaukee
“Wide Angle 1 Program” as part of the Sommets Du Cinéma D’Animation - Cinémathèque Québécoise- Montréal
Kissed by the Sun Media Installation as part of Dawson City International Short Film Festival. (April 18th-20th) - ODD Gallery - DawsonCity
2024
The Botanical Turn” curated by Dandelion Collective - Playhouse Cinema- Hamilton