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Evan Bode is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, composer, and animator who challenges borders and binaries with a playful mix of mediums. His work has been screened internationally at festivals in Brazil, Germany, Greece, Croatia, the U.K., Australia, India, and South Africa, as well as in festivals across the United States. 

Evan graduated with honors from Colorado State University in 2020 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and minors in Sociology, English, and Film Studies. Currently, they attend Syracuse University as an MFA candidate in the Film program. 

Evan's first-year film, Thine Own Self, has screened at festivals around the world including Animafest Zagreb. In 2021, Evan was one of five filmmakers selected as a winner of the Gotham Institute’s 2021 Student Showcase sponsored by JetBlue and Focus Features, a success featured in Filmmaker Magazine.   

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Film Festival Selections and Awards

 

A Spot for Frog (2022)

  • WINNER of the TEFF Director’s Choice Award at Thomas Edison Film Festival, United States, 2023

  • Honorable Mention  for "Best Director" at Munich New Wave Film Festival, Germany, 2023

  • Official Selection of Leeds Queer Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2023

  • Official Selection of Reelout Queer Film Festival, Canada, 2023

  • Official Selection of Seattle Queer Film Festival, United States, 2022

  • Official Selection of Octopus Marquee Independent Film Festival, United States, 2022

  • Official Selection of New Filmmakers Showcase at Syracuse International Film Festival, United States, 2022

 

Thine Own Self  (2021)

  • WINNER of the Gotham Institute's Student Short Film Showcase sponsored by JetBlue & Focus Features, 2021

  • Official Selection of Animafest Zagreb, Films for Children Competition, Croatia, 2022

  • Official Selection of Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022

  • Official Selection of Durban Film Festival's Isiphethu International Student Film Festival, South Africa 2022

  • Official Selection of 15th FOR RAINBOW Festival of Cinema & Culture of Sexual and Gender Diversity, Brazil 2021

  • Official Selection of Seattle Queer Film Festival, United States, 2021

  • Official Selection of OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, United States, 2021

  • Official Selection of the 10th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg Film Festival, Germany, 2021

  • Official Selection of Prairie Pride Film Festival, United States, 2022

  • Official Selection of MicroActs 8 Artist Film Screening, United States, 2021

  • Official Selection of the Student Showcase at Syracuse International Film Festival, United States, 2021

  • Official Selection of Through the Student Lens Film Festival, United States, 2022

  • Official Selection of Bendigo Queer Film Festival, Australia, 2022

  • Official Selection of Out & Loud: Pune International Queer Film Festival, India, 2022

  • Nominee for Best Experimental Short at Short Encounters International Film Festival, Greece, 2021

  • Finalist for the 55th Humboldt International Film Fest, United States, 2022

Anxiety Art (2019)

- WINNER of the Audience Choice Award at Through the Student Lens Film Festival, United States, 2021
- WINNER of Berlin Flash Film Festival's Super Short Smartphone Contest, Germany, 2022

- Official Selection of TEDxCSU Film Screening, United States, 2022
- Official Selection of Blackbird Film Festival, United States, 2022
- Official Selection of FilmOneFest, United States, 2021
- Semifinalist for the Sweden Film Awards, Sweden, 2021

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