Category: Animated Short
Year: 2010
Run Time: 10 min
Credits: Directors/Animators/Writers: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

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Synopsis: Everyone who enters a crime scene leaves something behind and takes something away. This mixed-media animated film is about a vacationing couple's encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.

"In this piece, (the filmmakers) leave no stone unturned by combining stop motion, live-action puppetry, and hand drawn animation. The film also features a beautiful score that's equipped with a charming voice-over and quirky musical breaks. Yet still, the real magic of the short comes not from the hand crafted micro-details, but from the overall quality of the work, as not only a film, but a labor of love." --motionographer.com

Awards (partial list): Best Animated Short, Nashville Film Festival; Best Animation, Anchorage International Film Festival; Best Animated Short, Palo Alto International Film Festival

Screenings (partial list of over 100 festival screenings): Sundance Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Dallas Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival