Papercuts will be screening at the Niigata Animation Festival in mid March! I am very excited to share this highly personal film with an audience after several years of production on the side. The film is a glimpse into the life of an indie animator complete with all the challenges of surviving on the fringe of the industry. I have often had a difficult time explaining what it is I do to people, so offering up a peek into my life as an animator using animation as the medium of expression was a joy to create. The film is very DIY. In fact, I had no budget to speak of. To screen my scrappy film alongside such talented filmmakers is both exciting and terrifying. We will see how it goes!
Also, FINALLY, When You Get To The Forest is going to be released on Blu Ray! More info to follow, but suffice to say, I've been dreaming of this moment for the past 3 years.
OTHER NEWS
I am currently looking to what is next in the feature film department. There are several films my screenwriting partner and I have been developing. The big question is which one will we devote ourselves to and see through. There are some projects we have been dreaming of making for years and there are some new dreams being formed. It is becoming increasingly challenging to fund our films though. The world of independent film is in an awkward place and navigating this modern landscape will take adaptability and creative thinking.
On that note, I have also been working on some book projects in an attempt to diversify my artistic output and (hopefully) create a scenario where art across mediums compliments each other in a way that creates some sustainability for my small studio. These books include a cookbook, which I am hoping will pair nicely with a culinary film I want to make some day. The other book is Papercuts! It's a deeper dive into the world of indie animation than the film could do on its own. It's release depends on how well the film is received and whether there is interest in a book version at all. The manuscript is complete though and currently just sitting in wait (and in need of an editor honestly).
