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Wind & Tree

Directed by Konstantin Steshenko

Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2013 / Animation, Family / 6.5 mins / English / Colour

Wind And Tree film still
Plays In:
Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 9, 2014 4:00 pm

Description

For a lone wind and tree, it’s love at first sight. But due to their opposing natures, he cannot stay and she cannot leave. To find a way to be together, they must sacrifice everything.

Awards:

Ottawa International Animation Festival 2013 – Best Canadian Student Short

Director's Bio

Konstantin Steshenko was born to Chinese and Russian parents in Ottawa. He grew up in New York City, taught English in Japan, and studied animation at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. He is currently working in a secret laboratory, concocting characters, stories and worlds.

Credits

Writer: Konstantin Steshenko
Producer: Konstantin Steshenko

Precedes

  1. Cats film still

    Cats

    Jeff Chiba Stearns / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2014 / Animation / 1 mins
    A whimsical little cat animation created by drawing directly on an iPad using the McLaren’s Workshop iPad app.

    Preceded by: Wind & Tree

Plays in

  1. Program 12 - Vanimasian Retrospective

    Program 12: VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

    Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / 104 mins
    VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE, curated by VAFF alumnus and Webby award-winning, Emmy® nominated animation and documentary filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns, features Vancouver-based Asian and Asian Canadian animators, and/or animations created in Vancouver, over the past 18 years. Join us after the screening for a panel moderated by Jeff Chiba Stearns, discussing independent and commercial animation in Vancouver as well as festival distribution strategies for animation with some of the retrospective's filmmakers.

    In This Program: Cats, Insert Credit, Lost and Found, Wind & Tree, Crow’s Nests, Peter & the Space Between, Nature On Its Course, Zero (0), Key Tumi?, Gluttony, Permute, Never Now, What Are You Anyways?, Great Expectations (Not what you’re thinking…)

Preceded By

  1. Lost & Found film still

    Lost and Found

    Arthur Yuting Chen / Program 12: Vanimasian Retrospective / Canada / 2013 / Animation, Comedy / 4 mins
    In a busy city, a boy has encountered the cold side of humanity and lost his warm hearted belief but this is just the beginning of an extraordinary experience.

    Preceded by: Crow’s Nests

    Precedes: Wind & Tree

Dates & Times

Plays In:
Program 12 – VANIMASIAN RETROSPECTIVE

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 9, 2014 4:00 pm