(2023, 14 minutes)

Part personal essay, part poetic plea, "Me and My Teeth" asks us to consider what allows us to keep smiling when so many others cannot. Using still photos and digitized super-8 footage from Anna’s childhood, along with live action and animation (of digitally hand-drawn characters, photo clips and Victorian-era illustrations), this short documentary visually and thematically alternates whimsical reflection with stark realism, beauty with humour.

Our teeth tell stories — personal, political, and spiritual — that we’ve pushed to the back of our collective mind. Me and My Teeth ends with a poetic meditation on our interdependence — one that argues for the acceptance of our very human imperfection and the need for the society we live in to care for us all.

Director and Producer: Anna Quon

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