Opening Night
Look within. Then dance it out. A man reflects on formative conflicts from his past with optimism, gratitude, and a little music.
Animator, Director, Composer: Margaret Bialis
Sound Designer: Joey DeFabio
Voiceover Recordist: Brett Rossiter
Singers: Roy Curiale, Nicholas Kiepura, Jasmin Ralph, Nathan Herbst, Megan Luckett, Andrea Torres
Voice Actors: John Bialis, Tyler Merideth, Becky Keeshin
"BEST STUDENT FILM": Animation Block Party 2018
"SPECIAL MENTION": 54th Chicago International Film Festival
"STUDENT CHOICE AWARD": Indie Shorts International Film Festival
"SEMIFINALIST": Los Angeles Cinefest
"SPECIAL MENTION": Global Shorts
Official Screenings:
Animation Block Party 2018 | ASIFA-South Animation Conference 2020 | 9th Africa International Film Festival | Art All Night - Trenton: 7th Annual Film Festival | 5th Art Color Digital Cinema IFF | 42nd Big Muddy Film Festival | Cardiff Animation Nights December 2019 | Chicago Feminist Film Festival 2019 | 54th Chicago International Film Festival | DePaul University Premiere Film Festival 2018 | DC Shorts Film Festival 2018 | 1st Dumbo Film Festival | Encounters Film Festival 2019 | Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019 | Fest Anca 2019 | Flatpack Film Festival 2019 | Global Shorts 2019
Heartland International Film Festival 2018 | Indie Memphis Film Festival 2018 | Indie Shorts International Film Festival 2018 | jellyFEST Film Festival 2019 | KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018
KloosterKino 24th Edition | Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival 18th Edition | Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival 2020 | Los Angeles Cinefest 2018 | Malt Adult #10
Overmountain Animation Festival 2019 | Pictoplasma: In Isolation - 2020 | ReAnimania 11th Edition | Spring Weird Film Fest 2019 | St. Louis International Film Festival 2019 | Sweaty Eyeballs 2019
Twin Falls Sandwiches Film Festival 2019
Extras:
Chicago Onscreen Film Festival: Chicago's Movies in the Park 2019 | Chicago International Film Festival Screening on WTTW Chicago, PBS | 54th Chicago International Film Festival Education Screenings
KLIK! Midnight Madness Screening | KLIK!/KABOOK Midnight Madness Screening at Cartoon Saloon/Kilkenny Animated 2019/2020 | Malt Adult #8
Sinema Obscura Presents "Animation: Images Intended to Confound and Delight" | Purdue University "Best Of" Chicago Feminist Film Festival Screening | Sinema Obscura CANTV Series 2
Vimeo Staff Pick - BEST OF THE MONTH | Vimeo Staff Pick Director's Commentary Screening
