SHORTS PROGRAM 4: ANIMATED WORLDS
Hammer Theatre Center
Fri, Mar 13 2:35 PM
Animation without limits. From hand-drawn experiments to breathtaking visual journeys, these shorts showcase the boundless imagination and emotional depth animation can achieve.
SHORTS PROGRAM 4: ANIMATED WORLDS
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema #1
Mon, Mar 16 9:50 PM
Animation without limits. From hand-drawn experiments to breathtaking visual journeys, these shorts showcase the boundless imagination and emotional depth animation can achieve.
The idea began with a small observation: an empty can rolling across a bus floor. A bus is a strange little world; people with different stories, headed in the same direction for a while, then parting ways. It reminded me of how we live, sharing time and space, but each living different lives. Historically, it’s often the small, absurd things that trigger larger events. Empty Can takes that idea—a falling can in a confined space becomes everyone’s business—and follows the ripple as things grow louder, messier, and strangely true to life. Set to Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral piece Danse Macabre, the film gently and humorously exposes the absurd routines we mistake for progress.