painful


synopsis:
Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the subconscious...
  or somewhere.
 
"Every writer has felt buried under the shadows of the brilliant wordsmiths and ideas that have come before them. Using frenetic composite animation, this dark comedy captures the humiliating process of wracking your brain for something original to say."
- International Film Festival of Boston

"After seeing White's noir-like praise to a prose writer's problems you'll wish you had the proverbial 'block.' It's where the thrill lies in this exhilarating collage about cloggage."
- Steve Seid, judge, Northwest Film & Video Festival

 

selected screenings:   International Premiere - 2006 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film
  World Premiere - Austin Film Festival
  Jury Award, Best Short Film - 2006 Bend Film Festival
  Best Animated Film - 2007 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
  Director's Award - 2007 Black Maria Film Festival
  Opening Night Short - 2006 Florida Film Festival
  Opening Night Short - 2006 Nantucket Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 South by Southwest Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2007 Cleveland International Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2007 Aspen Shortsfest
  Official Selection - 2006 PDX Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 Ottawa Animation Festival
  Official Selection - 2007 ReAnimacja Animation Festival, Poland
  Official Selection - 2007 World Wide Short Film Festival, Toronto
  Official Selection - 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 Seattle International Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2006 Woodstock Film Festival
  Official Selection - 2007 Portland International Film Festival
 

 
running time: 1.5 minutes
year completed: 2005.
digital video / digibeta
 
   principal credits:
directed + produced + designed by Chel White
written by Scott Poole
co-producer Randall Wakerlin
edited by Steven Miller
sound design - Lance Limbocker
director of photography - Mark Eifert
narrator - Richard Moore
Executive Producers Chel White, Austin Howe, Ray Di Carlo
created at BENT
 
This project was made possible
by a generous donation of services from
BENT and DOWNSTREAM DIGITAL.


 
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