On The Surface

Animation about a woman who goes for a swim in the Icelandic sea and reflects on her experience of raising a child in a country that feels nothing like home.

CREDITS

• Written and Directed by Fan Sissoko

• Voice acting - Enid Mbabazi

• Music - Tariqh Akoni / Red Wagon Music

• Sound recording - Arnar Guðjonsson

• Field recordings - Hafdis Bjarnadóttir

• Funded by Art with Impact

AWARDs

• International Special Mention - Clermont Ferrand ISFF

• Special Mention - Tirafuorilalingua

• Heartwired Award - Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Festival

Selections and screeningS

• Clermont Ferrand ISFF (France - January 2022)

• Art With Impact (US June 21-25)

• Fringe of Colour (UK Aug 1-15)

• Mom Film Festival (US Aug 20-23)

• Encounters Film Festival (UK Sep 1-30)

• Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada Sep 22 - Oct 3)

• Festival of Animation Berlin (Germany Oct 1-3)

• Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Festival (US Oct 12 - 15)

• Lyth Arts Center Northern Lights Festival ( UK Scotland Oct 14)

• Margate Film Festival (UK - Oct 27-31)

• Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival (Trinidad & Tobago - Oct 28)

• REX Animation Festival (Sweden - Oct 29 - Nov 7)

• TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival (Georgia - Oct 30)

• London Migration Film Festival (UK - Nov 25 - Dec 1)

• Cine-Sister Gateway Film Festival (UK - Nov 26)

• AfryKamera African Film Festival in Warsaw (Poland - Dec 10)

• Boundless Film Festival (UK - Jan 2022)

• Oska Bright Film Festival (UK - March 2022)

• Kaboom animation festival (Netherlands - March 2022)

• Tricky Women/Tricky Realities (Austria - March 2022)

• Palm Springs Animation Festival (US - April 2022)

• Close:Up Reykjavík Film Festival (Iceland - April 2022)

• Cardiff Animation Festival (UK - April 2022)

• Festival Filministes (Canada - May 2022)

• RVK Feminist Film Festival (Iceland - May 2022)

• Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (UK - May 2022)

• Flatpack Festival (UK - May 2022)

• Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival (Greece - June 2022)

• FESCAAAL (Italy - May 2022)

• Movies that Matter Festival (Netherlands - March 2022)

• Cinemagic International Film Festival - (UK - March 2022)

REVIEWS / responses

• Response to 'On The Surface' by Cathy Brennan
  https://www.encounters.film/on-the-surface

• Response to 'On The Surface' by Xandra Robinson-Burns
  https://www.fringeofcolour.co.uk/responses/to-be-rooted-in-nature-and-held-by-the-sea-fan-sissoko