A small tight knit New England community is shaken by the arrival of a newcomer. Meanwhile, a mystical creature quietly affects the lives of the locals.
7:49 minutes, HD Video, Color, 5.1 Surround Sound
Technique: TVPaint, Gouache Backgrounds, After Effects, Premiere
Voices: Blake Whitaker, Josh Shaffner, Caitlin Craggs, Beth Murphy
Score: Diego Gaeta
Screenings
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week (Beijing, China) Nov. 18-22, 2020
8th International Big Cartoon Festival (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) May 30- June 9, 2019
9th International Big Cartoon Festival (Voronezh, Russia) April 4-7, 2019
Spring Animation Weekend (Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia) Mar. 28-31, 2019
12th International Big Cartoon Festival (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) Mar. 22-April 5, 2019
Tehran International Animation Festival (Iran) March 3-7, 2019
London International Animation Festival (England) Nov. 30- Dec. 9, 2018
Tindirindis International Animation Festival (Lithuania) Nov. 25- Dec. 2, 2018
PÖFF Shorts (Tallinn, Estonia) Nov. 20-25, 2018
Etuida & Anima (Krakow, Poland) Nov. 20-25, 2018
Manchester Animation Festival (England) Nov. 13-15, 2018
KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival (Netherlands) Nov. 10-14, 2018
ReAnima International Animation & Comics Festival of Yerevan (Armenia) Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 2018
Cartoons Underground (Singapore) Oct. 27, 2018
The Big Cartoon Festival (Moscow, Russia) Oct. 20-29, 2018
Animatou International Animation Festival (Switzerland) Oct. 5-13, 2018
Anim’est (Bucharest, Romania) Sept 28- Oct. 7, 2018
Anima Syros International Animation Festival (Greece) Sept. 26-30, 2018
Ars Independent Festival (Poland) Sept. 25-30, 2018
“Best of the Fest” The Northwest Animation Festival (Portland, Eugene, OR) Sept. 14, 22, 2018
World Festival of Animated Film, Varna (Bulgaria) Sept. 12-16, 2018
Festival of Animation Berlin (Germany) Sept. 7-9, 2018
Linoleum Festival of Contemporary Animation and Media Art (Ukraine) Sept. 6-9, 2018
UCCA Museum: Calarts Experimental Animation Showcase (Beijing, China) Aug. 5, 2018
Supertoon International Animation Festival (Croatia) July 22-27, 2018
Insomnia International Animation Festival (Russia) July 19-23, 2018
Countryside Animafest Cyprus (Cyprus) July, 19-21 2018
Animator: International Animated Film Festival (Poland) July 6-12, 2018
Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia) June 14-23, 2018
Animafest Zagreb (Croatia) June 4- 9, 2018
The Northwest Animation Festival (Portland, OR, USA) May 23- June 3, 2018
Anifilm (Czech Republic) May 1-5, 2018
Calarts Film/Video Showcase: Experimental Animation Program (Los Angeles, CA, USA), REDCAT- April 30, 2018
Animatricks Animation Festival (Finland) April 27-29, 2018
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany) April 24-29, 2018
Cardiff Animation Festival (Wales) April 19-22, 2018
Animocje International Animated Film Festival (Poland) April 8-15, 2018
13th Athens Animfest (Greece) March 15-18, 2018
Awards
Golden Durian for Best Film– Cartoons Underground
Best Student Film- Anima Syros International Animation Festival
Special Mention Linoleum Festival of Contemporary Animation and Digital Art
Selected for “Best of the Fest” Screening- Northwest Animation Festival
Special Mention Cardiff Animation Festival
Student Academy Awards Semifinalist
Background Paintings
Character and Design Studies
Press:
Cartoon Brew: Short Pick of the Day
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Northeast Kingdom’ by Alan Jennings