SLOWER ANIMALS (2022)
animated film with tape loops and drawings
story, sound and images by John C Kelley

Awards and Honors:

Best in Show - Ithaca Experimental
Best Animated Short - Oxford Film Fest
Best Animated Short - Toronto Arthouse Film Fest
Best Animated Short Nominee - Brussels Independent FF
Jury’s Citation - Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
Jury’s Choice - Thomas Edison FF

Screenings:
Slamdance Film Fest, Park City, UT
Shortwave; Slamdance/AGBO showcase, Los Angeles, CA
London Int’l Animation Fest, UK
Athens Digital Art Fest, Greece
FAFF, Berlin, London
Big Ears Music Festival, Knoxville, TN
San Diego Underground Film Fest, San Diego, CA
Heavy Light, Los Angeles, CA
Oxford Film Fest, Oxford, MS
Dark Room series by Non Films, Brooklyn, NYC, NY
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest, AR
Ithaca Experimental Film Fest, NY
Dark Room Screening, Embryo, Manhattan, NY
Toronto Arthouse Film Fest, Toronto, CAN
DOC.Sydney documentary  festival, Sydney, AUS
Somerville Int’l Film Fest, Somerville, MA
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Fest, Baltimore, MD
Twin Rivers Media Festival, Asheville, NC
Thomas Edison Film Fest, Hoboken, NJ

While aimlessly following a winter migration of geese across the American South, a field recordist slips in and out of childhood memories that all surround a forgotten trauma.  This short animated film explores the way we are shaped; both by what we remember and what we forget.ink on rag paper
ink on rag paper some in-progress gifs and drawings below: