Caldera is an 11-minute animated short film released in 2012. It was directed by Evan Viera, co-written by Chris Bishop, co-produced by Chris Perry, and created in conjunction with Bit Films, the computer animation incubator program at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Caldera
Official poster
Directed byEvan Viera
Written byChris Bishop
Evan Viera
Produced byChris Perry
Evan Viera
Music byEvan Viera
Production
companies
Orchid Animation
Bit Films
Flicker Dreams Productions
Release date
  • March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) (SXSW)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Caldera received a Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category in 2012.

Plot

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Caldera is about a young girl who goes off her medication and leaves a bleak metropolis to immerse herself in a vibrant oceanic cove. Ultimately, the story is about the young girl's impossible predicament, where she can not live in either the fantastical and haunting world of psychosis or in the marginalizing society that mandates her medication.

Awards

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2012

References

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  1. ^ "Family Relations Blog » Alumni Profile: Evan Viera 02F and Chris Bishop 00F". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  2. ^ "Animation and Digital Art".
  3. ^ "Ars Electronica".
  4. ^ "SIFF Announces 2012 Short Films Award Winners < News < Seattle International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  5. ^ "Riff Awards 2012 - Here Are the Winners". 21 April 2012.
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