Announcing HIROSHIMAS PER SECOND, a short animated documentary in development. As the world around them turns to paper and falls apart, two filmmakers and a psychotherapist piece together their repressed nuclear and climate anxieties.
We, the directors of this film, Ella Saini
@skeletonpics and Chen Sing Yap
@bigbigturtle , will be subjects in the film itself. We'll be exploring our depression through Ella's animation, while UofT psychotherapist Anderson Todd connects the dots between nuclear anxiety and the funny feeling you get now when you realize winters get warmer every year! HA HA HA! FUNNY!
We pitched this film at the 2024 Reel Asian Film Festival, where it won a production prize package.
Anderson was last seen in Chen Sing's animated short film
@feelingtheapocalypse , which saw use in classes and environmental events. As we develop this short film, we welcome active collaborations with mental health professionals, environmentalists, educators, and people with funny/painful feelings, to realize this film's potential for social impact. Got spicy opinions on climate media? Let's have a chat!
"I think it's actually quite useful for people to know that not only are they not crazy, not only are other people feeling this way, but that the people who are all acting totally calm and confident like nothing is wrong, there's not some magic secret that they have that you're missing. They're just not dealing with the facts. "
- Anderson Todd
