Amanda Bonaiuto’s “Batfish Soup”

Wacky relatives give way to mounting tensions with broken dolls, boiling stew and a bang.

Film by Amanda Bonaiuto
Made at CalArts 2016

Official selections:

2017 //
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK
GLAS, Berkeley, CA
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
International Motion Festival, Cyprus
SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival
Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Slamdance, Park City, Utah
South London Shorts, London
Stuttgart, Germany
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria
Washington DC Independent Film Festival

2016 //
Ottawa International Animation Festival – Ottawa, Canada
LINOLEUM 2016 International Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art – Kiev, Ukraine
Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris – Paris, France
Miami Independent Film Festival – Miami, FL
The Vermont Animated Film Festival, VT
PRIMANIMA – Budaörs, Hungary
Boston Short Film Festival
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
World Independent Film Awards, Warsaw, Poland
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland
London International Animation Festival, UK
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase – REDCAT

Awards:
PRIMANIMA – Budaörs, Hungary – *Best student film*
Boston Short Film Festival – *Best Animated Short Film*

Trailer: vimeo.com/164366231