I must ashamedly confess that as a selection committee member, I pushed against giving Iti Mapukpukaw the grant. My reasons being 

1. It felt too much like Mysterious Skin 
2. I didn’t think Carl Papa would pull an animated film off in less than two years 

Happy to it I was wrong on both s. Unlike Mysterious Skin, Iti is quiet and sensitive, relying on the strength of only three earnest characters to take you through harrowing trauma. It also uses animation to an impressive degree, symbolizing incompleteness with the checkered photoshop layer and using the surreal quality of the medium to prevent you from questioning Eric’s reality. 

It’s great and touching and expertly crafted. And Dolly, as always, is THE BEST.