Agency - English program:.Animation Studio. Study guide available.

Writer, Shira Avni ; director, Shira Avni ; story, Matthew Brotherwood, Daninah Cummins, Katherine Newton, Petra Tolley ; animation, Matthew Brotherwood, Daninah Cummins, Katherine Newton, Petra Tolley ; editor, Carrie Haber ; original music, Luigi Allemano ; sound design, Luigi Allemano ; foley, Karla Baumgardner ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; re-recording, Shelley Craig ; digital imaging specialist, Susan Gourley, Pierre Plouffe ; location audio, Salim Hammad ; location video, Salim Hammad ; executive producer, David Verrall ; producer, Michael Fukushima.

Recorded 2009.

Tying Your Own Shoes is an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down Syndrome. An artful, four-way essay about ability, this animated documentary explores how it feels to be a little bit unusual. In her follow-up to her award-winning film, John and Michael, filmmaker Shira Avni pursues a deeper understanding of esteem and disability by inviting Petra, Matthew, Daninah and Katherine to consider their pasts, relationships and ambitions. Tying Your Own Shoes is a hybrid of auteur documentary and animation cinema, two forms with which The National Film Board of Canada has developed a world-renowned expertise over the past 70 years.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award for Excellence and Innovation in Video, 2010 Grand Prix Japan Prize - Welfare Education Category, 2010 Honourable Mention for the Short Documentary Award, 2010 Golden Dove for Best Short Documentary- with a cash prize of € 5000, 2009 Audience Award, 2010

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).