The Elephant's Song tells the true and tragic tale of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, as recounted in song by her friend the old farm dog. Their story is portrayed in colorful, handcrafted animation, created frame by frame with clay-on-glass animation, where oil-based modeling clay is spread thinly on a glass sheet and moved frame-by-frame like a moving finger painting.
Annecy International Animation Festival, France
Short Film in Competition, 2019
Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar
Short Film in Competition, 2018
Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan
Animation for Peace Program, 2018
Awards:
ASIFA East, Independent Films Category - 1st Prize, NY, 2019
ASIFA East, Excellence in Music (craft award), NY, 2019
ASIFA East, Women in Animation Award, Independent Films Category, NY, 2019
Global Insights Stellar Award (Top Award), Black Maria Film Festival, 2019
Best Animation, NatureTrack Film Festival, CA, 2019
Best Short Film, Environmental Film Festival at Yale, New Haven, CT, 2019
Best Animation, Nevada Women’s Film Festival, Las Vegas, NV 2019
Best Animated Short, SENE Fest, Providence, RI, 2019
Best Sound Design, Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, MD, 2019
Best Environmental Short Film, Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, MD, 2019
Best Animation, Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, 2019
DUMBO Film Festival, Certificate of Excellence, Best Animation (November), NY, 2018
First Prize, Made in Baltimore Short Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Best Experimental, 2nd Place, Los Angeles Animation Festival, CA, 2018
Best of Festival, Peekskill Film Festival, Peekskill, NY, 2018
Best Animation, Peekskill Film Festival, Peekskills, NY, 2018
Award of Merit for Animation, University Film & Video Association, Las Cruces, NM, 2018
International Film Festivals:
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2019
Cleveland International Film Festival, OH, 2019
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH, 2019
Northeast Mountain Film Festival, GA, Finalist, 2019
Canton Film Festival, Canton, OH, 2019
High Falls Womens Film Festival, NY 2019
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, DC, 2019
Athens Animfest, Greece, 2019
ASIFA South Animation Conference and Festival 2019
San Francisco Independent Film Festival, CA, 2019
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Shastaland, CA, 2019
Cinema Sousa, Xiamen Animation Festival, China, 2018
Vaasa Wildlife Festival, Finland, Finalist, 2018
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK, 2018
San Jose International Short Film Festival, San Jose, CA 2018
China International Green Film Week, 2018
Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, MA, 2018
Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2018
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, World Premiere, 2018