Frances & Margo
2025
“Frances and Margo” follows the story of Detective Frances, who must return home and begrudgingly team up with her estranged sister Margo. Together, they are tasked to fulfill their late mother’s final wish: return a poetry book to their mother’s secret lover. In their quest to find the mysterious stranger, they discover their hometown’s unimaginable secret…
Created by Charlotte Rose Lavoie-Auspert
and Derya Ozparlak.
2025 Nominee for Best Student Film
2025 1st Place - Audience Award
2025 1st Place - Jury's Pick for Best Animation
2025 Bluma Appel Award
• Nuit Blanche at Glad Lit, Toronto, – screening of Frances & Margo, 2026.
Sehsüchte, Potsdam – Artist talk and screening of Frances & Margo, 2026.
• Stop-eMotion Days, Venice – screening of Frances & Margo, 2026.
• TAAFI, Toronto – screening of Frances & Margo, 2026.
• Ignite Gallery, Toronto – Showcase set pieces and film of Frances & Margo, 2026
• Canlandiranlar International Film Festival, Istanbul – screening of Frances & Margo, 2025.
• Animation festival of Berlin – Artist talk and screening of Frances & Margo, 2025.
• Carlton Cinema – Toronto, screening of Frances & Margo, 2025.
• Grad EX 2025 – Toronto, screening of Frances & Margo, 2025.
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