Synopsis:
Waste Away is a surreal stop motion short about a homeless woman who becomes pregnant with a fish. The responsibility of motherhood gives her the strength to fight for survival, while the forces of nature threaten to overtake her
- Director:
- Elly Stern
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Elly Stern
- Animator:
- Elly Stern
- Script writer:
- Elly Stern
- Music composer:
- Daniel Hass
- Sound designers:
- Elly Stern, Kyle Jones
- Editor:
- Elly Stern
- Productions:
- MassArt Animation Dept, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Sustainability, Climate crisis, Surreal, Poetic, Sad, Transformation, Identity, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival
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