BEST SHORT DOC - Hot Docs | BEST LONG SHORT - Topanga Film Fest | BEST REGIONAL SHORT DOC - New Hampshire Film Fest | BEST SHORT DOC - Culver City Film Fest | AUDIENCE AWARD - Centre Film Fest | BEST SHORT DOC - Atlanta Docufest
Mental Health • Storytelling • Art • Friendship
Date of Completion: 2022 | Run Time: 35 minutes | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director & Producer: Micah Levin | Stories, Music & Artwork: Keith Wasserman
In 1995, an aspiring artist and college sophomore, took a semester off to live in a cabin in Northern Maine. He sat by the edge of a lake and asked the universe to send him a “story worth telling”. Two months later, he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital, while searching for Ani DiFranco. Was this a vision quest? A mental health issue? Was this all an elaborate art project? For thirty years Keith Wasserman has made and delivered elaborate art mail packages - all in the hopes of befriending his muse. DEAR ANI explores what can happen when you present your truest self, and risk total failure. It is an intimate account of psychotic mania, personal mastery, and creative triumph.
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"A fiercely joyful feel-good film."
AWARDS
Best Short Doc | Hot Docs
Best Regional Short Doc | New Hampshire Film Fest
Best Short Doc | Culver City Film Fest
Audience Award Best Short | Centre Film Fest
Best Short Doc | Atlanta Docufest
Best Long Short | Topanga Film Fest
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