Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful spirits struggle against a tyrannical pink-and-blue binary in this surreal, wordless piece of mixed media animation about the pursuit of authentic selfhood.

Artist Statement: Through playful harmony between handcrafted visuals and original music, I hope to communicate resistance to rigid constructions of gender, expressing a desire for collective liberation from restrictive understandings of identity.

AWARDS AND SCREENINGS

WINNER of the Gotham Institute's Student Short Film Showcase sponsored by JetBlue & Focus Features, 2021
WINNER of "Best Silent Film" at Out & Loud: Pune International Queer Film Festival, India, 2022
Distributed on Planet Classroom Global Network for Youth, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
- Animafest Zagreb, Films for Children Competition, Croatia, 2022
- Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022
- Durban Film Festival's Isiphethu International Student Film Festival, South Africa, 2022
- AnimaQUEER Film Fest, Brazil, 2023 (Nominee: "Best Score")
- FOR RAINBOW Festival of Cinema & Culture of Sexual and Gender Diversity, Brazil 2021
- Seattle Queer Film Festival, United States, 2021
- OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, United States, 2021
- QUEER-Streifen Regensburg Film Festival, Germany, 2021
- Prairie Pride Film Festival, United States, 2022
- MicroActs 8 Artist Film Screening, United States, 2021
- Student Showcase at Syracuse International Film Festival, United States, 2021
- Through the Student Lens Film Festival, United States, 2022
- Experimental Film Fest, United States, 2023
- Bendigo Queer Film Festival, Australia, 2022
- Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival, India, 2023
Finalist for the 55th Humboldt International Film Fest, United States, 2022
Nominee for "Best Experimental Short" at Short Encounters International Film Festival, Greece, 2021