Sony Pictures Animation premiered the short 'The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story' at the Annecy animation festival on Monday.
The short was shown at the Annecy festival on Monday as part of a session on Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ joint mentorship program LENS , which aims to develop new animation talents from under-represented groups.short and attended the session along with writer Khalla Amazan, VFX supervisor Clara Chan and animation supervisor Joe Darko, together with LENS program producer Michelle Raimo Kouyate and program producer David Schulenburg.
Dampier said the film’s plot was inspired by the anxiety attack he suffered on learning he had been picked to take part in the LENS program. “The day that I was offered this job to direct this film. I had the largest panic attack I remember in my life,” Dampier said. “I spent the night in the hospital. I was so excited and happy at the opportunity and yet my whole body shuts down.”
By exploring the themes of mental health in the short, Dampier said he hoped he could “open the door for some healing conversations for everyone.”
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