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Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat, The

“The Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat” is a 16-minute, 35mm photo-collage animation . Using a surreal fairytale style, the film combines music and animation to tell the story of a girl awoken one morning by a mysterious seagull, which crashes against her bedroom window. Following the bird into an abandoned garden, the girl discovers the edge of the world. Perched on this edge is a single tree bearing a tangy red fruit, guarded by raucous birds. When the girl scares off the birds, and takes a bite of the fruit, she catapults herself into a startling, violent and extended metamorphosis orchestrated by the birds themselves. Funded by the Jerome Foundation and The New York Foundation for the Arts.

Film Maker
Atkins, Shawn
Year
2001
Country
U.S.A.
Length
16
Category
LGBTQ, Work about Women
Genre
Animation, experimental, queer