Materia

TITLE

Materia

DIRECTOR

Alisi Telengut

COUNTRY

Canada

YEAR

2025

DURATION

7′

GENRE

Experimental

Overview

Materia

Materia transforms stones and rocks into vast terrains of texture and light. Through macro and microscopic imagery, the film explores the hidden kinship between the human body and the mineral world.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Alisi Telengut

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian roots, living between Berlin, Germany and Tiohtià:ke/ Montréal, Canada. She creates animation frame by frame under the camera with mixed media to generate movement, and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her work. Her work has been screened and exhibited internationally, such as at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (USA), Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art (USA), Sundance Film Festival (USA), TIFF and TIFF Canada's Top Ten, Annecy International Animation Festival (France), Biennial VIDEONALE, many more. Telengut is an assistant professor in Film Animation at Concordia University (Canada).

Credits

Alisi Telengut

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian roots, living between Berlin, Germany and Tiohtià:ke/ Montréal, Canada. She creates animation frame by frame under the camera with mixed media to generate movement, and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her work. Her work has been screened and exhibited internationally, such as at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (USA), Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art (USA), Sundance Film Festival (USA), TIFF and TIFF Canada's Top Ten, Annecy International Animation Festival (France), Biennial VIDEONALE, many more. Telengut is an assistant professor in Film Animation at Concordia University (Canada).

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SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Atlanta International Film Festival 2026

Seattle International Film Festival 2026

ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival 2026

Arizona International Film Festival 2026
Jury Award for Creative Achievement

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2026

Still Photos