The Ballad of Holland Island House is a short animation made with an innovative clay-painting technique in which a thin layer of oil-based clay comes to vibrant life frame by frame. Animator Lynn Tomlinson tells the true story of the last house on a sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay. Told from the house's point of view, this film is a soulful and haunting view of the impact of sea-level rise. The film is in the permanent collection of the MoMA's education department.
Oscar-nominated documentarians Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (Trouble the Water) describe it as a “totally mesmerizing, thoughtful and immersive piece.”
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Screenings & Awards
First Place Winner - Greenpeace Poscards from Climate Change
Golden Glovie - Top Score for Animation, Glovebox Short Film and Animation Festival
Jury's Citation, 2nd Prize, Black Maria Film Festival, Touring Program
Special Jury Award, Alexandria Film Festival
Official Selection:
Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, MD (Premiere)
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Environmental Film Festival at Yale
RVA Richmond, Virginia Environmental FIlm Festival
Colorado Enviromental Film Festival, Touring Program
Indie Grits, Columbia, SC
Cinanima, Portugal
WAMM Fest, Women and Minorities in Media
Chinemonos, Santiago, Chile
SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival, Providence, RI
Blue Sky Animation Festival
Tricky Women Animation Festival: Feelings, Ballads & Poetry
Shastaland Children's Film Festival
Experia, Sedicicorto, Italy
Feel Free to Feel Green, Athens Airport, Athens, Greece, Video Art Festival
International Non-Commercial Animation Festival BEAR, Dresden, Germany
George Washington University, GWMEMSI, Transition, Scale, Catastrophe Symposium, Invited Screening & talk
Philadelphia Independents at the Plastic Club, Invited Screening
Cornell Cinema Screening
Cornell University, Animating Anthropology, Symposium in honor of Professor Robert Ascher, Screening & talk