Wacky relatives give way to mounting tensions with broken dolls, boiling stew and a bang.
Film by Amanda Bonaiuto
Made at CalArts 2016
Official selections:
Ars Independent Festival, Poland
Annecy, France
Fest Anca, Slovakia
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, AUS
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, CA
GLAS, Berkeley, CA
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival, Zita, Stockholm
IMAGINE Film Festival, Amsterdam
Insomnia Festival, Moscow, Russia
International Motion Festival, Cyprus
Just For Laughs, Eat My Shorts, Montreal, Canada
Leeds International Film Festival / World Animation Award, UK
Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal
Lima International Film Festival, Peru
Broke LA
Cinema Soup Film Festival, IL
SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival, RI
San Diego Underground Film Festival, CA
SHIFT Film Festival, The Netherlands
Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Slamdance, Park City, Utah
South London Shorts, London
Squeaky Wheel Animation Fest, NY
Stuttgart, Germany
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria
Venice Film Week
Washington DC Independent Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival - Ottawa, Canada
LINOLEUM 2016 International Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art - Kiev, Ukraine
Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris - Paris, France
Miami Independent Film Festival - Miami, FL
The Vermont Animated Film Festival, VT
PRIMANIMA - Budaörs, Hungary
Boston Short Film Festival
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
World Independent Film Awards, Warsaw, Poland
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland
London International Animation Festival, UK
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase - REDCAT
Awards:
PRIMANIMA - Budaörs, Hungary - *Best student film*
Boston Short Film Festival - *Best Animated Short Film*
Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival - *Best Animated Film*
Venice Film Week - *Best Animated Short Film*
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/164366231
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