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**Winner of the WIFT-T Short Film Showcase Audience Choice Award**

TYING YOUR OWN SHOES
16 minutes
Shira Avni ~ director
Michael Fukushima ~ producer

Tying Your Own Shoes explores how it feels to be a little bit unusual. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Shira Avni, this animated documentary provides an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down syndrome.

Submitted by WIFT-T member Shira Avni.

“On behalf of the artists of Tying Your Own Shoes, I am thrilled to accept the Audience Choice Award! Thanks to WIFT-T for your recognition of the talents and stories of these amazing artists.” – Shira Avni

Shira Avni has been an animation filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada since 1997 and is an assistant professor of animation at Concordia University. Her previous film, John and Michael, a tender love story between two men with Down syndrome, screened at over 60 festivals worldwide, as well as on PBS, CBC, and TV5 television networks. It garnered 18 international awards and grants. Shira lives happily in Montreal with puppeteer Salim Hammad and their very fat cat.

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