Tal Kantor
{{Short description|Israeli film director (born 1988)}}
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| name = Tal Kantor
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| native_name = טל קנטור
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|11|19}}
| birth_place = Jerusalem
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| citizenship = Israeli
| alma mater = Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|animator}}
| known_for = Letter to a Pig
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Tal Kantor (Hebrew: טל קנטור) is an Israeli animation filmmaker and visual artist. She is a lecturer in the Screen-based Arts Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.{{Cite web |title=Tal Kantor |url=https://www.bezalel.ac.il/en/node/5802 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem |language=en}} She is mostly known for her graduation short film In Other Words{{Cite web |last=MarBelle |date=2017-11-20 |title=Exploring Memory & Missed Opportunities in Tal Kantor's In Other Words |url=https://directorsnotes.com/2017/11/20/tal-kantor-in-other-words/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Directors Notes |language=en-GB}} and for her debut short film Letter to a Pig (2022){{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=2023-10-05 |title=2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Letter To A Pig’ Director Tal Kantor |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2024-oscars-short-film-contenders-letter-to-a-pig-director-tal-kantor-233357.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}, winner of several awards including the Grand Prix in [https://animafestival.be/en Anima Brussels]{{Cite web |date=2023-02-26 |title=ANIMA 2023 - Awards |url=https://animafestival.be/en/about/awards-2023 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Anima Festival – 23 February - 03 March 2024 |language=en}} and the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards.
Kantor is known for her unique filmmaking technique which combines drawing, photography, video, painting, and animation.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-25 |title=Tal Kantor : "On refait encore et encore toujours le même film" |url=https://www.formatcourt.com/2017/11/tal-kantor-on-refait-encore-et-encore-toujours-le-meme-film/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Format Court |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=Top 5: Innovative Use of the Rotoscope Technique |url=https://submarinechannel.com/top5/innovative-use-of-rotoscope/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Submarine Channel}} On January 23rd 2024, she was nominated for the 96th Academy Awards with her film Letter to a Pig (2022).{{Cite web |title=2024 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}}
Career
Kantor studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Screen-Based Arts Department), where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 2015. After graduation, Kantor pursued a career as artist and independent filmmaker and animator, working on several documentary feature films as animation director and art director. She has also written, directed and animated several short films, including Letter to a Pig (2022) and Yellow Light (2023).{{Cite web |title=Tal Kantor |url=https://allaboutartists.in/people/712263/tal-kantor |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=All About Artists |language=en}}
Kantor has participated in several artist residencies, including the CICLIC ANIMATION residency in Vendôme, France;{{Cite web |title=CITIA {{!}} Ciclic |url=https://ciclic-animation.com/partnerships/citia |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Animation EN |language=fr}} the Aesthetics and Bias residency in Krakow, Poland and Jerusalem, Israel;{{Cite web |title=Aesthetics & Bias / Sztuka i Uprzedzenia - Wydział Intermediów |url=https://www.intermedia.asp.krakow.pl/projekt/aesthetics-bias-sztuka-i-uprzedzenia |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=pl-PL}} the New Arrivals residency in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Her work has also been featured in several exhibitions, including the group exhibition at Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, presenting the films and art originals of the Japan Media Arts Festival winners.{{Cite web |last=編集部 |first=ISRAERU |date=2022-05-17 |title=Israeli Artist Commended at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival |url=https://israeru.jp/culture/art/tal-kantor-en/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=ISRAERUウェブマガジン |language=ja}} Since 2019, Kantor is also a lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Filmography
- 2015: Under The Small Sun (short film) - co-writer & director with Shahar Davis{{Cite web |last=Guest |date=2016-05-23 |title=Tal Kantor & Shahar Davis Consider the Materiality of Things in Stop Motion Short ‘Under The Small Sun’ |url=https://directorsnotes.com/2016/05/23/tal-kantor-shahar-davis-under-the-small-sun/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Directors Notes |language=en-GB}}
- 2016: In Other Words (short film) - writer & director{{Cite web |last=Paez |first=Danny |date=2017-10-30 |title=CB Fest Premiere: 'In Other Words' by Tal Kantor |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cb-fest/in-other-word-154287.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}
- 2019: Advocate (documentary feature) - animation art director{{Cite web |date=2021-09-30 |title="לאה צמל, עורכת דין" זכה בפרס האמי לסרט התיעודי הטוב ביותר - וואלה! תרבות |url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/3462331 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=וואלה! |language=he}}
- 2021: On This Happy Note (documentary feature) - animation art director{{Cite web |title=On This Happy Note |url=https://go2films.com/films/on-this-happy-note/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=go2films |language=en-US}}
- 2022: Letter to a Pig (short film) - writer & director{{Cite web |title=Letter to a Pig - A Short Film by Tal Kantor |url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2024/01/04/letter-to-a-pig |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Short of the Week}}
- 2022: Five Studies (dance short film) - animation art director & animator{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Z. F. |date=2022-12-19 |title=Combining Live Action With Animation: Tal Kantor at Animateka Festival (Gocritic! Review) |url=https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/tal-kantor-animateka-2022-go-critic |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Zippy Frames |language=en-gb}}
- 2023: Inbal Perlmutter – If You Let Me Go (documentary feature) - art director{{Cite web |last=Dekel |first=Shachaf |date=2023-12-06 |title=Tal Kantor's Animation Bridges Reality, Memory, and Imagination |url=https://culturetreasures.com/tal-kantor/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Culture Treasures |language=en-US}}
- 2023: Yellow Light (short film) - writer & director{{Cite web |title=animafest.hr |url=https://www.animafest.hr/en/2023/film/read_all/yellow_light |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=www.animafest.hr}}
Recognition
Her graduation short film In Other Words (2016) has won 17 awards and was officially selected in over 100 festivals worldwide.
In December 2023, Kantor's film Letter to a Pig (2022) was shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards®.{{Cite web |title=96TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED |url=http://press.oscars.org/news/96th-oscarsr-shortlists-10-award-categories-announced |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}} The film has won over 40 awards Including the Grand Prix in Anima Brussels, the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards,{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |title=Animator’s award-winning debut mixes mediums for a Holocaust film about a savior pig |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/animators-award-winning-debut-mixes-mediums-for-a-holocaust-film-about-a-savior-pig/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}} the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival,{{Cite web |title=OIAF 2022 Awards {{!}} Ottawa International Animation Festival |url=https://www.animationfestival.ca/oiaf2022awards/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |language=en-US}} Liv Ullman Peace Prize at Chicago International Children's Film Festival,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=CICFF39 Awards {{!}} FACETS |url=https://facets.org/cicff39-awards/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |language=en-US}} Grand Prize at Animation Is Film festival.{{Cite web |title=Behind the Line Work of Animation is Film 2023’s Grand Prize Winners |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/behind-line-work-animation-film-2023s-grand-prize-winners |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}
The documentary feature Advocate (2019), on which Kantor was the animation and art director, won the Emmy Award for Best Documentary at the 42nd News and Documentary Emmy Awards and the 2020 Ophir Award for Best Documentary. The film was also nominated for Best Short Animated Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-17 |title=Israeli film 'Advocate' makes Oscar shortlist |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/israeli-film-advocate-makes-oscar-shortlist-611164 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7722734/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Tal Kantor] at IMDb
- [https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/462031/tal-kantor Tal Kantor] at Unifrance
- [https://vimeo.com/talkantor Tal Kantor] on Vimeo
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