Selection

Screening: Student Competition 2
2024
Duration: 03:56
Directed: Dominique Spies
Screenplay: Dominique Spies
Production: The Animation School

Six-year-old orphan Allie is picked up at the docks by her sequestered grandfather, Gram Pops, in his fantastical deep-sea exploration submarine. Awkwardly, they try to connect, but Allie draws over his precious space with crayons. When Gram Pops confiscates them, she sneaks into his office to steal them back, triggering the light and scaring herself with his eerie specimen collection. Gram Pops, realizing what happened, decides to show her something beautiful. He playfully leads her to the wheelhouse, where a wondrous display of bioluminescent squid lights up the deep sea. Allie takes his hand, beginning their beautiful and hopeful bond.