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

Write ups:

Cartoon Brew

Collater.al

TV BOOOOOOOM

Diario Registrado

Bant Mag.