That Strange Person
{{short description|1998 film directed by Eileen O'Meara}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = That Strange Person
| image = That_Strange_Person.jpg
| caption =
| director = Eileen O'Meara
| producer =
| writer = Eileen O'Meara
| starring = Jane Boegel (voice-over)
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1998|06| |Florida Film Festival}}
| runtime = 5 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
That Strange Person is a hand-painted, 35mm, cel-animated film directed by Eileen O'Meara. It is described as "an animated exploration of the stranger in the mirror".{{cite web |url=http://history.sundance.org/films/1750/that_strange_person |title=That Strange Person, Archives, Sundance Institute |publisher=Sundance Institute |access-date=23 May 2017}}
Cast and crew
- Jane Boegel – voice-over
- Eileen O'Meara – director/animator
- Stephen Hunter Flick, Charles Maynes – sound design
Release, festivals and awards
The film was released at Florida Film Festival in June 1998. It won the Gold Prize at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in Experimental Animation, First Prize at Savannah Film Festival, Jury Awards for Animated Short at Florida and Louisville Film Festivals, and Silver Prize at Philadelphia International Film Festival. It was selected for the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Dresden International Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, and for the 1999 Atlanta Film Festival. It was distributed by David Russell's Big Film Shorts, and released on Warner Home Video Short 5-Diversity{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371214/ |title=Short 5-Diversity |website=IMDb |publisher= |access-date= 23 May 2017}} and Dancing with the Sun: a Compilation of Selected Short Films from the Sundance Film Festival.
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title |0224244 |That Strange Person}}
- [http://eileenomeara.blogspot.com/p/that-strange-person.html Information on the film at eileenomeara.blogspot.com]
Category:American avant-garde and experimental short films
Category:American independent films
Category:1998 animated short films
Category:American animated short films
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