Tokyo Anime Fair Grand Prix Winner Releases New Film
(July 28, 2016 – Toronto, ON) Acclaimed Taiwanese-Canadian animator Howie Shia's National Film Board of Canada short BAM is now streaming free at NFB.ca/bam. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, the film has played festivals around the world and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (Canadian Oscars).
A study in rage, BAM tells the story of an unassuming young boxer struggling to understand the disturbing consequences of his explosive temper. A dark, urban soundtrack combines with gritty, hand-drawn animation to create a brutal portrait of a classical hero floundering in a modern city haunted by primordial gods. “Powerful, Gorgeous Film” declares Jon J Muth, Caldecott Honor winner and comic book artist for Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
Having worked with everyone from Disney to UN-HABITAT to Donny McCaslin (Bandleader on David Bowie's Blackstar) Howie's previous shorts includes the 2006 NFB short Flutter, winner of the Open Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Fair. As with Flutter, BAM features music from Howie's brothers, hip-hop artist Leo Shia (a.k.a. LEO37) and composer Tim Shia. The five minute short was produced in 4K by Maral Mohammadian and Michael Fukushima for the NFB's Oscar-winning Animation Studio.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.nfb.ca/bam
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/858521644291615/
TWITTER: @ppfhouse, @thenfb
KEYWORDS: animation, boxing, anime, hip hop, Hercules,
VIDEO LINK: http://www.nfb.ca/bam
STILLS & EPK: http://epkurl.com/bam/en/
A study in rage, BAM tells the story of an unassuming young boxer struggling to understand the disturbing consequences of his explosive temper. A dark, urban soundtrack combines with gritty, hand-drawn animation to create a brutal portrait of a classical hero floundering in a modern city haunted by primordial gods. “Powerful, Gorgeous Film” declares Jon J Muth, Caldecott Honor winner and comic book artist for Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
Having worked with everyone from Disney to UN-HABITAT to Donny McCaslin (Bandleader on David Bowie's Blackstar) Howie's previous shorts includes the 2006 NFB short Flutter, winner of the Open Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Fair. As with Flutter, BAM features music from Howie's brothers, hip-hop artist Leo Shia (a.k.a. LEO37) and composer Tim Shia. The five minute short was produced in 4K by Maral Mohammadian and Michael Fukushima for the NFB's Oscar-winning Animation Studio.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.nfb.ca/bam
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/858521644291615/
TWITTER: @ppfhouse, @thenfb
KEYWORDS: animation, boxing, anime, hip hop, Hercules,
VIDEO LINK: http://www.nfb.ca/bam
STILLS & EPK: http://epkurl.com/bam/en/
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