How to Be Alone (2009 film)
| How to Be Alone | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrea Dorfman |
| Written by | Tanya Davis |
| Produced by | Andrea Dorfman Walter Forsyth |
| Narrated by | Tanya Davis |
| Music by | Tanya Davis |
| Animation by | Andrea Dorfman |
Production company | Gorgeous Mistake Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
How to Be Alone is a Canadian short film, directed by Andrea Dorfman and released in 2009.[1] The film animates a spoken word piece by poet Tanya Davis about things that a person can do on their own after the breakup of a relationship.[2]
The film premiered on October 6, 2009, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and was subsequently broadcast on Bravo's Bravo!FACT Presents short film anthology series.[3] In 2010 Dorfman uploaded the film to YouTube, where it quickly went viral, attracting over a million views in a matter of a few weeks.[4]
In 2013 Davis released a book edition of the poem, with illustrations by Dorfman.[5]
In 2020, Dorfman and Davis released the sequel film How to Be At Home, animating another spoken word piece about coping with isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the National Film Board of Canada's The Curve series.[6]
References
- ^ "Canadian short film goes viral: More than a million watch How to Be Alone on YouTube website". Toronto Star, August 24, 2010.
- ^ Carsten Knox, "Poet Tanya Davis, YouTube hit, video muse". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2010.
- ^ "This Week: Highlights". The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2009.
- ^ Simon Owens, "How Andrea Dorfman learned to be alone and earned herself a million views on YouTube". The Next Web, August 19, 2010.
- ^ Natalie Sequeira, "How Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman’s viral video landed a book deal". Quill & Quire, December 2, 2013.
- ^ Dave McGinn, "Why the NFB’s breakout short film How to Be at Home leans into loneliness". The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2020.
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