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Ado Ato Pictures

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Ado Ato Pictures
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Founder 👔Tamara Shogaolu
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Amsterdam and Los Angeles
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Ado Ato Pictures is a multimedia storytelling studio and collective that specializes in immersive media storytelling. With locations in Los Angeles and Amsterdam, the studio was founded in 2014 by interdisciplinary artist, director, and creative technologist Tamara Shogaolu..[1][2]. The studio is dedicated to the art of storytelling through the integration of technologies and narrative techniques. The studio focuses on integrating technologies and narrative techniques to create a variety of media projects, such as film, TV, interactive experiences, and immersive installations.

Works and critical reception

"Un(re)solved", displaying a closeup of the AR sculpture taken at the installation at Tribeca in Batery Park, New York, United States.

Un(re)solved (2021)

In 2020, Ado Ato partnered with PBS FRONTLINE[3] on the worldwide premiere of Un(re)solved at Tribeca Immersive in 2021[4][5].

Tamara Shogaolu during the 2022 Emmy Awards ceremony. Marc Bryan-Brown Photography.

Inspired by African American quilting traditions, Shogaolu led the creative vision and production of an installation she calls a “living quilt.” Using AR technology, audiences are invited to activate different elements of the installation by speaking the names of victims, thus engaging with their stories.

Un(re)solved received the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation Award[6].

Queer in a Time of Forced Migration

Shogaolu spent many years in the Middle East researching labor economics[7]. Before, during, and after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Shogaolu traveled around the country with Egyptian journalist Nada Tarek in order to collect oral histories from ethnic and religious minorities, asylum seekers, and members of the LGBTQ+ community[8][9][10].

The recordings became the basis for Ado Ato’s three-part, animated transmedia series Queer in a Time of Forced Migration. As Shogalu notes, the series “combines the audio accounts of LGBTQ+ refugees with animation, which protects their identities and emphasizes their personal perspectives.” The series film, VR experience, and web experience follow the characters’ journeys from the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring in the region to Europe today[11][12].

"Queer in Time of Forced Migration", displaying a framed picture of an LGBTQ refugee, taken at the exhibition at the Amsterdam Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Half a Life (2017)

Ado Ato’s 2017 animated film Half a Life, part of the Queer in a Time of Forced Migration series, features a young, gay Egyptian activist. Amid the Sisi regime’s backlash against the 2011 Revolution, LGBTQ+ Egyptians like him increasingly fear for their lives, as many are imprisoned and subjected to police violence. In his own voice, he narrates his struggle to decide whether to stay in Egypt, the place he loves, or seek asylum elsewhere.

Half a Life premiered at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s Doc Fortnight in 2017[13] and went on to screen at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Frameline 41, and many other festivals, museums, and other venues. It was nominated for an Iris Prize and won LesGaiCineMad’s Audience Award for Best Film Directed by a Woman and Audience Award for Best Documentary Short, the Mumbai Film Festival’s Golden Gateway Award, Most Innovative Short Film at Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival, and the Dallas VideoFest DocFest’s Best Documentary Short award.

Another Dream (2019)

Directed by Tamara Shogaolu, "Another Dream" is an animated VR experience that portrays the journey of a lesbian couple from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Through their own voices, the two women recount their memories of escaping homophobia in Egypt and building a new life in the Netherlands.[14]

Another Dream premiered at Tribeca Immersive as part of its Storyscapes program in 2019[15]. The VR experience won the Viborg Animation Festival (ANIDOX VR)’s Best Innovative Storytelling Award and was nominated for the Netherlands Film Festival’s Golden Calf for Best Interactive[16], the Games for Change Awards’ Best XR for Change, and the Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Best Digital Experience Award.

They Call Me Asylum Seeker (2020)

Ado Ato’s web experience ties together the audio accounts of the LGBTQ+ characters from Half a Life and Another Dream, interweaving them with narration by Ahmed Umar, a queer Sudanese artist who found asylum in Norway. The story, presented in an interactive online format, focuses on the participants’ experiences in Europe today, where, after receiving asylum, they face new challenges such as Islamophobia.

They Call Me Asylum Seeker premiered at the Open City Documentary Festival in 2020.

"Where There Is Light", displaying visitors at the event enjoying the colors of the point cloud animation and projection, taken at the Westerkerk church installation in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Where There Is Light (2022)

Where There Is Light is a project inspired by the practice of forest bathing and by the Panamanian rainforest. It is an interactive installation that merges mental wellness with nature through technology by allowing visitors to immerse themselves in a rainforest. Through this installation, Ado Ato aims to create a space which allows surrender to calmness and focuses on the senses as a way to be present in the moment without the grief of what was, or the fear of what could have been. The installation took place in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam during the Amsterdam Dance Event in 2022 and is still in development.

Braid of Time Universe

Shogaolu is currently creating a multipart story universe inspired and created by Black and Latinx women. It includes The Braid of Time (2021) — an animated film that features Estela, a young Black Latinx woman who is passionate about tech and science. In support of The Braid of Time, Shogaolu received an inaugural Netflix-Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival (LALIFF) Inclusion Fellowship[17][18][19]. The Braid of Time premiered at LALIFF in 2021 and is now in talks for a series[20]

Selected honors and awards

Year Association Category Work Result Ref
2017 Iris Prize Iris Prize Shorts Half a Life Nominated [21]
Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival Most Innovative Short Film Won [22]
LesGaiCineMa Audience Award for Best Documentary Short Won [23]
Audience Award for Best Film Directed by a Woman Won
International Queer & Migrant Film Festival Best Short Film Award Won
Mumbai Film Festival Golden Gateway Award (Short) Won [24]
2018 CGM Short Film Festival Best Political Film Award Won
2019 Gouden Kalf Interactive project Another Dream Nominated [25]
ANIDOX VR Best Innovative Storytelling Award Won [26]
2020 Creative Capital Creative Capital Award Queer in a Time of Forced Migration Won [27][28]
2021 IDFA Doclab IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling Un(re)solved Won [29]
2022 SIMA Awards SIMA Jury Prize for Creative Advocacy & Journalistic Achievement Won [30]
SXSW SXSW Innovation Award - Visual Media Experience Won [31]
Black Public Media PitchBlack Immersive Forum Award Won [32]
The American Bar Association Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts Won [33]
The Scripps Howard Foundation Excellence in Multimedia Journalism Won [34]
Gouden Kalf Best Digital Culture Production Nominated [35]
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Award Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation Won [36]

References

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  2. ↑ "Tamara Shogaolu". ADE. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  3. ↑ "FRONTLINE Announces Un(re)solved, an Unprecedented Multiplatform Investigation of Civil Rights Era Cold Case Murders". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. ↑ "'Un(re)solved' AR Experience Shares Stories of Lives Taken in Hateful Racial Crimes". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ↑ Astle, Randy (2021-06-30). "New Paths Forward: The Immersive and Interactive Works at Tribeca 2021 | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  7. ↑ "Tamara Shogaolu". asiafoundation.org/. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  8. ↑ "Refresh AMSTERDAM". refresh.amsterdam/. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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  10. ↑ "Immersive Impact: Tamara Shogaolu's Queer in a Time of Forced Migration | Center for Collaborative Arts and Media". ccam.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  11. ↑ "Filmmaker Highlights Being a Queer Refugee in the Time of Forced Migration". YES! Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  12. ↑ "With Ado Ato Pictures (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Kiran Nadar Museum of Art sponsors an I-view world film festival". India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  14. ↑ Pasarow, Anabel. "Meet The Women In VR At The Tribeca Film Festival". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  15. ↑ "Another Dream | 2019 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  16. ↑ "Tamara Shogaolu". Nederlands Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  17. ↑ "Helping Champion Afro Latino and Indigenous Latino Filmmakers". About Netflix. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  18. ↑ Martinez, Kiko (2020-12-02). "5 Afro-Latinx Filmmakers Receive Grants as Part of LALIFF's Inclusion Fellowship Series". Remezcla. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  19. ↑ Gardner, Chris (2020-12-01). "Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Selects Filmmakers for Netflix-Sponsored Fellowship". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  20. ↑ "The Braid of Time". LALIFF. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  21. ↑ "IRIS PRIZE SHORTS 2017: HALF A LIFE".
  22. ↑ "Seattle Queer Film Festival - TWIST". dutchculture.nl. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  23. ↑ "Mariposas » Homocine – Cine Gay Lésbico Transexual y Bisexual, Estrenos de Películas, Series, Cortos, Documentales, Festivales, Libros, etc" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  26. ↑ "ANIDOX: VR Award". www.zippyframes.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  27. ↑ "Queer in a Time of Forced Migration". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  28. ↑ "2020 Creative Capital Award Recipients Announced". www.artforum.com. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  31. ↑ "FRONTLINE's 'Un(re)solved' Wins 2022 SXSW Innovation Award". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  32. ↑ "PitchBLACK Forum 2022 Immersive | Black Public Media". Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  33. ↑ "ABA announces eight winners of the 2022 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  36. ↑ "News 2022 Nominees (New Approaches) – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

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