How to Be At Home explained

How to Be At Home
Director:Andrea Dorfman
Producer:Annette Clarke
Narrator:Tanya Davis
Music:Tanya Davis
Daniel Ledwell
Editing:Andrea Dorfman
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:5 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

How to Be At Home is a Canadian short film, directed by Andrea Dorfman and released in 2020.[1] A sequel to her 2010 short film How to Be Alone, the film illustrates a spoken word piece by poet Tanya Davis about coping with isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The film was created for The Curve, a National Film Board of Canada film series about life during the pandemic.[3]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Morgan Mullin, "Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis teach us How To Be At Home". The Coast, September 24, 2020.
  2. Alex Billington, "Watch: 'How to Be at Home' Short Film with Stop-Motion Animation". First Showing, November 6, 2020.
  3. Dave McGinn, "Why the NFB’s breakout short film How to Be at Home leans into loneliness". The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2020.
  4. Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" . Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.