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Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, the film explores the indigenous worldview and wisdom: Nature is the homeland of human being, Tengri is the deity and the father sky, Earth is the mother with rivers nourishing all beings, pagan and pantheist gods co-exist with all mortals.
Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.
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Documentation
"Braiding Art, Animism, and Animation: Alisi Telengut’s The Fourfold", Counter Point, Anna Perdibon, April 2021.
"Sundance Animator Spotlight Interview 4: Alisi Telengut", Rotoscopers, January 2021.
"Sundance 2021: Alisi Telengut. Interview by Rianne Pictures", January 2021.
Film Girl Film at Sundance Week interview series (video), January 2021.
"Hear from visionary director Alisi Telengut on her short film The Fourfold", Film Daily, February 2021.
"Rhode Island International Film Festival Filmmaker Spotlight Series: The Fourfold, directed by Alisi Telengut", August 2020.
"Sundance short film review", TNC - The New Current, January 2021
"Leiden Shorts, Writer's Opinion: Anthropocene - Return to Nature", Ioanna Micha, September 2021
"The fourfold è il corto di animazione in concorso a Mente Locale", Veronica Ranocchi, November 2020.
"Filmfest Dresden : une 33e édition qui a fait feu de tout bois et ouvert encore une fois largement l’horizon de l’art du court-métrage", Malik Berkati, July 2021.
"Focus Supernature - The Reviews", August 2020
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