Bernina Sings

Mom tells me a story while she hems my pants on her Bernina sewing machine. A self-proclaimed imperfectionist, Mom doesn’t measure fabric or read instructions. After 50 years of sewing, you don’t need to follow anyone’s rules. Through a collage of old family photos, buttons and string, I give texture to Mom’s memories of making clothes on Grandma's Singer sewing machine.

Direction, animation, and design by Harriet Lenneman. Created at VCUarts, 2015.

Screenings:

Concordia Film Festival // Montreal, Quebec // May 2016
Young Visionaries Film Festival // Baltimore, MD // April 2016
Kinematifest 9 // St. Louis, MO // April 2016
RiverRun International Film Festival // Winston-Salem, NC // April 2016
Animation Nights New York // New York, NY // January 2016
The Vision Feast // Auckland, NZ // Dec 2015
Vinalia XXII // Guardia Sanframondi, Italy // July 2015
Art All Night - Trenton Film Festival // Trenton, NJ // June 2015
PUSH Film Festival // Virginia // June 2015

Cast: Harriet Lenneman

Tags: 2d animation, mixed media and stop motion