Wacky relatives give way to mounting tensions with broken dolls, boiling stew and a bang.
Film by Amanda Bonaiuto
Made at CalArts 2016
Official selections:
2017 //
Annecy
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK
GLAS, Berkeley, CA
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
IMAGINE Film Festival, Amsterdam
International Motion Festival, Cyprus
Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal
Broke LA
SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival, RI
Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Slamdance, Park City, Utah
South London Shorts, London
Stuttgart, Germany
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria
Washington DC Independent Film Festival
2016 //
Ottawa International Animation Festival - Ottawa, Canada
LINOLEUM 2016 International Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art - Kiev, Ukraine
Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris - Paris, France
Miami Independent Film Festival - Miami, FL
The Vermont Animated Film Festival, VT
PRIMANIMA - Budaörs, Hungary
Boston Short Film Festival
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
World Independent Film Awards, Warsaw, Poland
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland
London International Animation Festival, UK
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase - REDCAT
Awards:
PRIMANIMA - Budaörs, Hungary - *Best student film*
Boston Short Film Festival - *Best Animated Short Film*
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/164366231
Other stuff ---
Cartoon Brew
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/batfish-soup-amanda-bonaiuto-149313.html
Collater.al
https://www.collater.al/batfish-soup-arrivano-parenti/
TV BOOOOOOOM
http://tv.booooooom.com/2017/03/16/batfish-soup-amanda-bonaiuto/
Diario Registrado
http://www.diarioregistrado.com/cultura/un-perturbador-encuentro-con-familiares-que-no-termina-de-la-mejor-manera_a58c2f663fc34787c07f65d56
Bant Mag.
http://bantmag.com/gunun-kisasi-batfish-soup/
Someone has probably
already used this,
but the short film
Batfish Soup
is Batshit insane.
With animation,
direction, and sound
all handled by
Amanda Bonaiuto,
the four minute segment
is a dialogue-free
anxiety attack,
building nerves
and tension
until an unexpected ending.
What a wild ride.
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