Synopsis:
“Weekends” is an Academy Award nominated animated short about a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand-animated film set in 1980’s Toronto.
- Director:
- Trevor Jimenez
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 16 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Jeremy Slome
- Animator:
- Trevor Jimenez
- Script writer:
- Trevor Jimenez
- Music composer:
- Andrew Vernon
- Sound designer:
- Kenny Pickett
- Editor:
- Trevor Jimenez
- Production:
- Past Lives Productions
- Distribution:
- New Europe Film Sale
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tags:
- Relationships, Trauma, Love
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
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