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.
Awards:
Best of Festival and Best Animation, Peekskill Film Festival 2018
Award of Merit for Animation, University Film & Video Association, 2018
Screenings:
Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Animation for Peace Program
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Vaasa Wildlife Festival, Finland, 2018
Peekskill Film Festival, Peekskill, NY, 2018
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK, 2018
San Jose International Short Film Festival, San Jose, CA 2018
Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, MA, 2018
Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2018