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2022 | Fiction | 14 min — na·​nit·​ic / adjective: The first brood of worker ants produced by a queen ant using only the reserved nutrition in her body. Nanitics shoulder the initial fate of the colony and are often underfed due to the conditions in colony building. Thus, nanitics may be smaller in size from later workers ants to optimize the survival of the group... — But what happens to the colony when the queen dies? Had the nanitics done enough?

9 year-old Trang starts to shift out of oblivion as her aunt Ut tends to Grandma, who lies in her deathbed in the living room. How can a single body occupy so much space? What will happen when Grandma is gone?

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Cast and Crew

Starring - Kylie Le, Ly Pham & Van Pham With - Dam Nguyen, Eve Sevigny, Fred Nguyen Khan and An Nguyen | Writer, Director, Editor - Carol Nguyen | Producer - Marie Lytwyknuk & Carol Nguyen | Line Producer - Louis-Emmanuel Gangé-Brochu | Executive Producers - Karine Bélanger & Hany Ouichou | 1st Assistant Director - Nadia Louis-Demarchais | Cinematographer - Alexandre Nour-Desjardins | Art Director - Estelle Tang | Sound Recordist - Andrés Solis | Sound Designer - Giulio Trejo-Martinez | Gaffer - Luna Gauthier | Grip - Evangelos Desborough | Colourist - William Albu | Mixer - Vid Cousins | Illustrator - Michelle Nguyen | Poster Designer - Caspar Newbolt | Designer Distribution: Travelling Distribution

Select Festivals

• Toronto International Film Festival — World Premiere, Share Her Journey Award 2022

• Berlin International Film Festival — Generation Kplus Official Selection 2023

• Toronto International Film Festival — Canada Top Ten 2023

• International Short Film Festival Oberhausen — Official Selection 2023

• Aspen Shortfest — Official Selection 2023