Manmade: An animated short commentary about “the demand side” of the commercial sexual exploitation of children (a.k.a. sex trafficking) in the United States of America.
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BEYOND THE WILLOW
by Ryan Ansel
Beyond the Willow: In the wake of her mother’s death, eight-year-old Gracie retreats into the fantasy realm they once created together. Trying her best to keep what little she has of […]
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MANMADE
Manmade: An animated short commentary about “the demand side” of the commercial sexual exploitation of children (a.k.a. sex trafficking) in the United States of America.
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VISIONARY
by Ann Coddou
Visionary: A sci-fi animated graphic novel app experience that you can access through your mobile device. Mai Petrus, an obstinate but encouraging Arydian soldier, is imprisoned in an enemy military lab. […]
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ANGELICA
by Craig Coss
The story of Brother Bernard, a fifteenth-century friar who has been sent on a mission to a valley bordering the Ottoman Empire to find an herbal remedy rumored to cure […]
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SPILT MILK
by Nadia DeLane
Spilt Milk: DeLane’s Spilt Milk is a stop motion animated film delving into concepts ranging from childhood abandonment to the liquid nature of futures not yet beheld. Fabricating the family unit, […]
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EATING ALONE
Eating Alone: As social creatures, food is something we generally share with friends or family. There are many aspects of our culture that are entirely designed around the sharing of food. […]
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THIS IS MY MEMORY OF FIRST HEARTBREAK, WHICH I CAN’T QUITE PIECE BACK TOGETHER
This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can’t Quite Piece Back Together: A graphic memoir exploring the author’s memory of her first heartbreak. Created as an interactive, sequential […]
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CARRIED INTEREST
LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS : Fiscal Q4 / 2014 Dear Investors, We are recapping the last par t of 2014 – October, November and December, and the great supply of actions that […]
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THE BOY WHO ATE WORDS
The Boy Who Ate Words is an interactive narrative-based game. The protagonist lives in a world where he is constantly given commands: “Keep your dog off my lawn!”, “Return your […]
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INTERNAL MATTER
Internal Matter: A book telling the story of Daniel, a self-taught plumber with poetic sensibilities, who becomes a most wanted man after accidentally discovering a major threat to the sewage […]
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SHIFT
by Alison Paul
SHIFT: is the story of a man in a lighthouse in the middle of the Arctic Circle. His days are long and lonely, and the memories of his beloved are […]
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AQUATIGRAPHICA
AQUATIGRAPHICA: Before we existed on this planet, the gods created many slave species – each new creation supplanting the last as their usefulness passed into history… Or they became too […]
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S A S H I M I
by Feifei Ruan
SASHIMI: One day, in a small fishing village, a strange plague strikes. Many seagulls die mysteriously and the villagers don’t understand why. A young sashimi chef believes the matter is […]
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JOURNAL No. 034
by Ryan Weber
Journal No. 034: Within the pages of Journal No. 034 is captured a yearning for an analog romance in the digital age, a questioning of the world around us, and […]