GUSTER (2019)
story, sound and images by John C Kelley

Awards:

Vimeo Staff Pick
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Animated Grit, Indie Grits Festival
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Jury’s Citation Award,
Black Maria Film Festival, Hoboken NJ

Screenings:


Cardiff Animation Festival, Cardiff, UK Animation Chico, Chico, CA
Athens Animfest 2020, Athens, Greece
Black Maria Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ
GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Palm Springs International Animation Festival, Palm Springs, CA
The Animattikon Project 2019, Paphos, Cyprus
CONTROL, STOA / Music Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Transient Visions 2019, Spool Contemporary Art Space, Johnson City, NY
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
LINOLEUM International Animation and Media Art Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Georgia Shorts Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
Magmart: Video Under Volcano, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece
Tribute ADAF May DNA, Best Of, Athens, Greece
Proyector Video Art Festival, Madrid, Spain
Florida Animation Festival,Tallahassee, FL
Animation Day at Cannes, Cannes, France
GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley, CA
Indie Grits Festival 2019,Columbia, SC
Revolutions Per Minute Festival, Boston, MA

Through brief conversations with an adaptive chatbot, a professor sees more clearly his own creativity and depression in this animated short. "GUSTER" is based on actual messages and poetry written by the app.