Editor

Director: Tom CJ Brown

Miyu Productions. Psyop. With participation from ARTE.

SXSW Special Jury Award Winner

BAFTAS: Best British Short Animation, Long List

British Independent Film Awards: Best Short Film, Nominee

Venice Film Festival: Venice Horizons Award: Best Short Film, Nominee

Sundance Film Festival: Short Film Grand Jury Prize Nominee

Vimeo Staff Pick: Favorite Animation, 2023 Sundance Film Festival

PRESS:

"A queer operatic thriller...the only U.S. short selected for this year’s Venice Film Festival and the only animated film in the prestigious Orizzonti competition. Twenty minutes of sumptuous hand-drawn animation."

-CARTOON BREW

"Awe-inspiring and romantic..filled with images of gorgeous sunsets and intoxicating dream sequences, the short is a genuine cinematic odyssey that feels at once intimate and epic in scale..."

-INDIEWIRE ("Must See Short Films at This Year's Sundance")

"In dreamy and dark ways, it beautifully depicts longing in an unexpected setting for romance. It's intensely intimate, masterfully designed cinema."

-SXSW JURY

"Blends Schubert’s classic work with the contemporary music of Casey Spooner, Walt Disco and composers Brian McOmber and Judith Berkson...to give audiences an experience that 'bursts with emotion and fantasy'. An incredible team of artists and collaborators (bring Christopher) to life."

-ANIMATION MAGAZINE

"A dizzying animated odyssey into solitude and obsessive, unrequited desire... the aesthetic makes for images that are as mutable as the sea itself...finds its own way to explore the ecstatic allure of the briny deep."

-THE FILM VERDICT

"Alternating between impressionistic and melancholic colours and eye-popping visuals, it’s a stunning-looking meditation on isolation and desire that is consistently compelling and – ultimately – full of hope."

- CINEUROPA

"A stunning visual explosion. The images give themselves entirely over to bursts of passion...accomplishes something live-action rarely can...an incredible artistic achievement"

- SUNSHINE STATE CINEPLEX