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PBS Short Film Festival 2023
A filmmaker's intimate phone calls with her brother explore his fragile recovery from opioid addiction. Using imaginative animation, they journey both into the cosmos—a place her brother has encyclopedic knowledge about—and an all-too-real world where shame and pain take their toll.
Joanna Rudnick is an Emmy-nominated and duPont Award-winning director and producer. Her films have broadcast on PBS, BBC, HBO, ShortsTV, and Al Jazeera America, as well as several other broadcasters around the world. Joanna enjoyed tenures at American Masters and Kartemquin Films. She received an MA in Science, Health & Environmental Journalism from NYU
Independent Lens is an Emmy Award-winning series on PBS. The acclaimed series, with Lois Vossen as executive producer, features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Presented by ITVS, the series is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people, with additional funding from PBS, Action Family Giving, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
| Dedication | This film is dedicated to Matthew Rudnick and all the people who have lost their lives to opioid addiction. |
| Director | Joanna Rudnick |
| Producer | Joanna Rudnick |
| Co-Producer | Erika Brekke |
| Executive Producer | Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen |
| Editor | Eli Olson |
| Director of Animation | Andrew Lyndon |
| Associate Director of Animation | Patrick Zimmerman |
| Storyboard Artist & Art Director | Nick Francis |
| Directors of Photography | Andrew Lyndon (Animation) Robin Mortarotti (Live Action) Patrick Zimmerman (Animation) |
| Compositors | Bryce Hagan Andrew Lyndon Patrick Zimmerman |
| Rotoscope Animators | Tatiana Ray (Lead Artist and Supervisor) Jane Elliott Sabrina Ilumin Kolmel Love Tara Rose Morris Jeff Sant |
| Hand Drawn Animators | Kay Liu Oliv Roe |
| Animation Assistants | Lauren Chanel Allen Terrance Graven Jane Elliott Kiera Harris Sabrina Illumin Nidhi Reddy |
| Composer | William Ryan Fritch |
| Rerecording Mixer | Bijan Sharifi |
| Sound Designer and Dialogue Editor | Bijan Sharifi |
| Post Production Sound Manager | Becky Korman |
| Colorist | Sean Wells |
| Executive In Charge Of Production | Royd Chung |
| Senior Manager, Short-Form Content | Pamela Torno |
| Supervising Producer | Clare Chambers |
| Associate Producer | Susan Cohen |
| Animation Supervisor | Patrick Zimmerman |
| Title Design | Nick Francis Yiqian Peng Patrick Zimmerman |
| Background Artist | Nick Francis |
| Additional Animation | Josh Gibbs Bryce Hagan Aloicia Chaieun Lee Andrew Lyndon Ethan Marler Dion Wan Jared Wenzhe Xu |
| First Assistant Director (Live Action) | Eli Olson |
| Fair Use Opinion | Peter Jaszi |
| Cultural Sensitivity Consultant | James Henderson |
| Special Thanks | Lance Barber Maggie Bowman Jordan Gimbel Tim Horsburgh JFI Filmmakers in Residence Program Brian Leonard Ian McLoone Justine Nagan Cookie Rudnick Danny Rudnick Ellen Rudnick Lucy Rudnick Matt Rudnick Zachary Siegel Lisa Stempel Sam Stempel Mark Willenbring, MD |
| Funding Provided by | Fork Films |
| Independent Lens Short-Form for Voices Original Series Funding Provided By | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Acton Family Giving Ford Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Wyncote Foundation National Endowment for the Arts |
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