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Voices | Voci

Joanna Priestley
USA | 1985 | 4’07’’

A humorous exploration of the fears we share: the fear of the dark, of monsters, of aging, of being overweight and of global destruction. An ironic, witty film that photographs the spirit of the past through tributes to historical cartoon characters.

Direction: Joanna Priestley
Animation: Joanna Priestley
Sound Design: R. Dennis Wiancko
Producer: Joanna Priestley

In collaboration with Unarchive Found Footage Fest.

Joanna Priestley

She has been directing, animating, and producing 36 award winning films. Her animated feature North of Blue won an award for Best Experimental Film at the Indie Film Awards in Amsterdam and and award for Best Feature Film at the Los Angeles Animation Festival. Her works maintains a high level of porosity between intuitive experimentation and exploration of technical and creative boundaries. Her films belong to the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Academy Film Archive (Los Angeles, CA) and Harvard University Film Archive (Boston, MA).