How to Be At Home

{{short description|2020 Canadian film directed by Andrea Dorfman}}

{{Infobox film

| name = How to Be At Home

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Andrea Dorfman

| producer = Annette Clarke

| writer = Tanya Davis

| narrator = Tanya Davis

| music = Tanya Davis
Daniel Ledwell

| cinematography =

| editing = Andrea Dorfman

| studio = National Film Board of Canada

| distributor =

| runtime = 5 minutes

| released = {{Film date|2020}}

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

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How to Be At Home is a Canadian short film, directed by Andrea Dorfman and released in 2020.Morgan Mullin, [https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/andrea-dorfman-and-tanya-davis-teach-us-how-to-be-at-home/Content?oid=24871129 "Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis teach us How To Be At Home"]. The Coast, September 24, 2020. A sequel to her 2009 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.Alex Billington, [https://www.firstshowing.net/2020/watch-how-to-be-at-home-short-film-with-stop-motion-animation/ "Watch: 'How to Be at Home' Short Film with Stop-Motion Animation"]. First Showing, November 6, 2020.

The film was created for The Curve, a National Film Board of Canada film series about life during the pandemic.Dave McGinn, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-why-the-nfbs-breakout-short-film-how-to-be-at-home-leans-into/ "Why the NFB’s breakout short film How to Be at Home leans into loneliness"]. The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2020.

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475 "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154028/https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475 |date=2021-01-04 }}. Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.