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UK Filmmaker Joanna Quinn Dedicates Annecy Honor To Gaza Animator Haneen Koraz
UK Animation Filmmaker Joanna Quinn Dedicates Annecy Honor To Gaza Animator Haneen Koraz At Opening Ceremony
The Bafta-winning and three-time The Canterbury Tales and Affairs of the Art Oscar-nominated director praised Koraz’s work in the Gaza Strip spearheading women-run animation workshops for children. Quinn’s was speaking amid growing international criticism of Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian territory – aimed at annihilating Islamist militant group Hamas in response to its October 7, 2023 attacks and retrieving Israeli hostages – which has left more than 54,000 people dead and the population on the brink of starvation. Canadian Oscar-nominated, stop-motion directorial duo Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, who work under the banner of Clyde Henry Productions, opened the program with charming rags to riches fable The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
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