STOP MOTION ANIMATED SHORT - 2019
Director/Writer/Animator - Katrina Villarreal
Original Score - Pano Fountas
Organ Props Fabricator - Rob Benevides
Digital Effects - Roman Villarreal
Featured in ASIFA EAST
Awards
Award winner: New York Animation Film Awards (NYAFA)
Finalist: Cayenne Short Film Festival, Directed by Women Turkey.
National Board of Review (NBR) Grant. Semi-Finalist: Slovenia Film Festival
ABOUT
"Free Spirit" is an exploration of a woman's unraveling, both metaphorically and literally. She falls into despair after the loss of her unborn child, a tragedy caused by the shock of discovering her partner's infidelity.
This film was a passion of love during my first year at NYU. I animated the film over 10 long days in the hallway because the set didn’t fit in the stop-motion room.
It was made during a strange time in my life when I felt lost. It was through the arduous journey of bringing "Free Spirit" to life that I reclaimed my resilience. The beauty of films is how they live a life of their own after they are released.
