A perfectionist lives inside of each of us. It struggles with the imperfection of the world and it’s up to each person either to let it grow or be hidden deep inside. Project Links Website
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Short Film: A VOID, 2min., Canada
This story is about how women experience fear and discomfort while walking on the street. In this film we see Maya going through this feeling of insecurity in a task as simple as walking home, a thing made dangerous by the current violent climate in Mexico. This is not an uncommon feeling found in all… Continue reading Short Film: A VOID, 2min., Canada
Director BIO: Tara Audibert (I AM THE WARRIOR)
Tara Audibert is a multidisciplinary artist & film maker with 20+yrs experience in animation, comics and fine art. She combines Traditional First Nations Art and Storytelling with contemporary design and digital mediums. Award-winning works include animated short film The Importance of Dreaming (2017), comics This Place: 150 Years Retold (2019), and Lost Innocence (2011) which… Continue reading Director BIO: Tara Audibert (I AM THE WARRIOR)
Short Film: I AM THE WARRIOR, 8min., Canada
A Residential School Story. A mother and daughter Fox have a poor relationship. The daughter wants to right the wrongs the residental schools have commit4ed to make her mother this way. She becomes the Warrior in her thoughts to save the young version of her mother, only to find her mother is the true Warrior… Continue reading Short Film: I AM THE WARRIOR, 8min., Canada
Director BIO: Rio “Riquis” Castañeda (MY WEAVING HANDS)
Río Castañeda (born July 15, 1999, México City) is a Mexican animator and story boarder. They immigrated to the District of Columbia in 2014, and graduated high school from Duke Ellington School of the Arts from the Vocal Music Department.They graduated in May 2021 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2021 with a… Continue reading Director BIO: Rio “Riquis” Castañeda (MY WEAVING HANDS)
Short Film: MY WEAVING HANDS, 5min., Mexico
Mayan Backstrap Weaving is a complex and symbolic art form, and is often undervalued or bargained for in the marketplace. For indigenous non-organized weavers, making money can become very strenuous, especially when their huipiles must go undervalued and trivialized. Project Links Website Facebook Twitter Instagram
Director BIO: Richie Valentino (BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Born in Uruguay and raised in AustraliaMusician from the age of 8. Still currently performing in AustraliaGraduated in the arts of interior design*First animation short (Cardioidosaurus) was completed in 1998 and presented to a small audience in Brisbane, Australia*In 2010 the script, character drawings, clay models and teasers for the feature animated film ‘Barkoo’s Amerie’… Continue reading Director BIO: Richie Valentino (BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Short Film: BIRDS OF A FEATHER, 3min., Australia
Set in a rainy city this film focuses on the scavengers on the street and how the effects of sharing and being greedy can alter one’s perspective in life. Project Links Website Facebook
Director BIO: Cristian Caetano (HALF OF THE WAY)
Cristian Caetano is a Animation student who grew up in Milton, Ontario and a recent graduate from Seneca College in Toronto. Fascinated by the problem-solving side of animation and finding creative solutions to problems, he specializes in rigging and animation. More than anything, he lives for days where he’s working alongside his peers in the… Continue reading Director BIO: Cristian Caetano (HALF OF THE WAY)
Short Film: HALF OF THE WAY, 5min,. Canada
Buckle in for a thrill ride as an emerging musical trio struggles to find meaning in a soulless desert of fame and fortune. Project Links Website