Slamdance

The other Independent movie festival in Park City, Utah. Wherein:

Jury Award for Animation Short: MY DAD, dir. by Marcus Armitage

“My Dad expresses compelling universal themes — the director’s powerful, heartbreaking message and the film’s bold, colorful palette are perfectly suited to his experimental animation format.” ...

My Dad from Marcus Armitage on Vimeo.

Slamdance is a zesty little festival (and now a year-round organization) that has been around since 1995.

For a brief instant, I thought the short's director Marcus Armitage was the son of the late Frank Armitage, Disney arits and Imagineer who recently passed away at 91. But such (apparently) is not the case.