World Premiere
Created using the Amiga computer console and Deluxe Paint IV software, hand-drawn sequences undergo a continual metamorphosis of images, characters, and forms.
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Media Partner
Community Broadcast Partner
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Canada
2022
No Dialogue
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 4
Bouncing through nostalgic aesthetics and genre storytelling, a contemporary point of view comes into focus.
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Hard Eight
Anderson's debut is a deceptively modest character piece about a veteran gambler (Philip Baker Hall) who takes a much younger man under his wing and teaches him how to play the system and win. Until things take a darker turn...
The Last Class
Economist and former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich embarks on what will be his last year teaching at Berkeley. What can he impart to the latest generation to inspire and empower them for the grievous challenges ahead?
Credits
ANIM
Barry Doupé
Original Music
James Whitman
Director
Barry Doupé
Barry Doupé is a Vancouver-based artist primarily working with computer animation. His films use imagery and language derived from the subconscious and developed through writing exercises and automatic drawing. His films have been screened throughout Canada and internationally.
Filmography: Ponytail (2008); The Colors that Combine to Make White are Important (2012); Distracted Blueberry (2019)