SYNOPSIS

The girl suffers from a feeling of great discomfort that comes without warning, like an uncontrollable disaster. When the panic is accompanied by a flapping of wings, a chaotic, dissociated journey into her unconsciousness begins.

The director uses experimental animation to narrate the story of ornithophobia, delving deeply into the psychology of fear and human emotions. The work was created in collaboration with the London Museum Wellcome Collection, combining computer animation with various composite materials such as cotton, beads, and acrylic paint to create visual tension. Through the transformation of the bird's form from concrete to abstract, it directly confronts the essence of primal fear of life and death.

​​CREDITS

Director ｜ Wu-Ching Chang
Producer ｜ Wu-Ching Chang
Screenwriter ｜ Wu-Ching Chang
Animator ｜ Wu-Ching Chang
Editor ｜ Wu-Ching Chang
Sound Designer ｜ Oliver Buckland, Wu-Ching Chang, Mike Wyeld
Sound Mixer ｜ Wu-Ching Chang, Mike Wyeld
German Translator ｜ Lin-you Xie

Made at Royal College of Art , the UK

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

★ 2023 Ramapo College Animation Conference, the USA (April 29) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 Riverside International Film Festival, the USA (April 19 - 23) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2023 ORION International Film Festival, Germany(Jan 14)｜ Finalist
★ 2022 Thomas Edison Film Festival, the USA (Feb 18 - Dec 31)｜ Jury's Citation Award Winner
★ 2022 BIDEODROMO Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival, Spain (Oct 03 - 14)｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Experimental Film Guanajuato, Mexico (Oct 20 - 22)｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Birmingham Film Festival, the UK (Nov 04 - 13) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Hague Global Cinema Festival, Netherlands (Nov 11 - 13) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival, the USA (July 21 - 24) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Bordeaux Shorts Biennale, France (Oct 21) ｜ Honorable Mention Award
★ 2022 Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil (April 20 - May 01) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Southside Film Festival, the USA (June 14 – 18) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 International Brightlight Film Festival, the USA (April 23) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Romania (April 23) ｜ Best Animation Award
★ 2022 Festival de Largos y Cortos de Santiago, Chile (Mar 3-6) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Short Stop Film Fest, Romania (July 20-21) ｜ Nominee
★ 2022 World Cinema Carnival, India (Jan 28 - Feb 06) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2022 Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards, Taiwan (Jan 07-09) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 FFTG Award, the USA (Nov 28-Dec 12) ｜ Best Newwave Filmmaker Female Award
★ 2021 Big Fridge International Film Festival, the UK (Dec 04-05) ｜ Semi-Finalist
★ 2021 Qld XR Festival, Australia (Nov 26-28) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Short Film Slam: Round III, the USA (Nov 27 - Dec04) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards, Nigeria (Nov 25-27) ｜ Honorable Mention Award
★ 2021 Košice International Film Festival, Slovakia (Nov 04) ｜ Best Animated Award
★ 2021 MICMX - Muestra Itinerante De Cine Mx, Mexico (Nov 26 - Dec 11) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, the USA (Dec 01 - 15) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Montreal Independent Film Festival, Canada (Dec 07-10) ｜ Finalist
★ 2021 BangkokThai International Film Festival, Thailand (Oct 24-27) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Virgin Spring Cinefest, India (Nov 27) ｜ Award Winner
★ 2021 Moscow Shorts ISFF, Russia (Nov 14) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Spark Animation Festival, Canada (Oct 28 - Nov 07) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Abbey Film Festival, the UK ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 RIMA - Rio de Janeiro International Monthly Awards, Brazil (Nov 25-28) ｜ Award Winner
★ 2021 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, India (Oct 26) ｜ Student Films Award
★ 2021 Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, Spain (Oct 23) ｜ Best Experimental Film​, Student​ Category
★ 2021 Halicarnassus Film Festival, Turkey (Sep 20) ｜ The Best Animation Short Award
★ 2021 Anmtn! - Online animation awards (Sep 22-25) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Druk International Film Festival, Bhutan (Oct 30) ｜ Award Winner
★ 2021 Feel The Reel International Film Festival, the UK(Sep 30) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Black Swan International Film Festival, India(Oct 08) ｜ Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
★ 2021 StopTrik IFF, The Borderlands Competition, Slovenia and Poland(Sep 29-Oct 03) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Deep Focus Film Festival, the USA (Sep 18-19) ｜ Honorable Mention
★ 2021 Imagine This Women's Film Festival, the USA (Sep 24-Oct06) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 ANIMART Festival, Greece (July 20-25) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Barnes Film Festival, the UK (Sep 27-29) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 British Shorts Film Festival, Germany (May 27 -June 02) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2021 Moscow Indie Film Festival, Russia (Jan 25-29) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada (Dec 01 - 06) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    St. Louis International Film Festival, the USA (Nov 05 - 15) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan  (Nov 20-30) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020   Adana Entrepreneurship Center International Short Film Competition, Turkey (Oct 16) ｜ Finalist Selection
★ 2020    International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland (Nov 17 - 22) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020   Norwich Film Festival, the UK (Nov 06-15) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020   TOPU International Animation Week, China (Sep 30 - Oct 27) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, the USA (Aug 04-09) ｜ Semi-Finalist
★ 2020    Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India (Aug 13-16) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Open World Animation Festival, the USA (July 09-11) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020   Unknown Film Festival, Russia (June 27-28) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Florida Animation Festival, the USA (June 11-14) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2020    Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan (Jan 03) ｜ Nomination for The Best Animation Award
★ 2020   Snowtown Film Festival, the USA (Jan 24-25) ｜ Finalist Selection
★ 2019    CutOut Fest - International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Mexico (Nov 14) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos, Mexico (Nov 27-30) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    South Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan (Nov 08-17) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival, the USA (Oct 27)​ ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Palm Springs Int. Animation Festival, the USA (Dec 14-15) ｜ Hand Painted Animated Shorts​ Award Winner
★ 2019   International Students Creative Award, Japan (Nov 29-30)​ ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong  (Nov 04-06) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Jacksonville Film Festival​, the USA  (Nov 15-17) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Greece (Oct 10-13) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Mountain Tales Film Festival​, the USA (Oct 04-06) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Anim! Arte - International Animation Festival, Brasil (Oct 03-12) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Randfilmfest, Germany  (Sep ​19-22) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece (Sep ​13-22) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019    Queens Underground Film & Music Video Film Festival, the USA (Oct 17-20) ｜ Official Selection
★ 2019   Equinoxio Film Festival, Colombia (Sep 19-24) ｜ Official Selection​
★ 2019   The Unseen Festival, the USA (Sep 20-29) ｜ Official Selection 
★ 2019   Newark International Film Festival, the USA (Sep 08) ｜ Official Selection

​FILM STILLS