Austin cut paper artist ericpowerup takes a strange and beautiful adventure in his new fantasy.
Filmmaking can be a lonely process. Cut paper animation – the painstaking process of moving pieces of cardboard to create life – doubly so. And doing that in the isolation of the pandemic could only amplify the urge to get out into the wilderness.
,"which is about woodland creatures [and] half of it's a musical, and that's going to be very expensive to make." The Pathfinder team sawas the better project for lockdown production, and came aboard as executive producers."They gave us the green light and let us do our things," Power said,"so the second year of this crazy pandemic was spent thankfully employed, because freelance was getting very hard.
Now Power's pandemic creation premieres this month in person and online at the Maine International Film Festival , before making its international debut in August at the inaugural Hiroshima Animation Season. It's not just a thematic change from his earlier bloodier films, but also an evolution in his style.
But most of all, it's the story that means most to him, and how personal the film is to his family."I dedicate it to my daughter, and I think it's rather awesome that her mom is playing the main character."premieres at the Maine International Film Festival Wed., July 13, 3pm, and will be available to stream through July 17. Details at
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