Interview with director/animator Patrick Jenkins (PHANTOM CITY)

Patrick Jenkin’s animation short film “Phantom City” played to great acclaim at the December 2016 Animation Short Film Festival.

This is one of those films that needs and deserves multiple views as there is so much going on. I felt the audience feedback video didn’t truly do this film’s justice as people were just taking in what was happening. When the filmmaker puts the film online, I will definitely go out of my way to help promote it as I feel millions of people will love this film.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Patrick Jenkins: The film came about from drawings I made in my sketchbooks. The idea was to explore the lives of 4 different people living in a big city with elements of surrealism and magic realism.

MT: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to…