Directed by Don Best

Logline: A lone figure travels an internal landscape haunted by mistakes of the past.

Synopsis: A Deadman's Holiday is a "Frankenfilm" encompassing Don Best's 20-year animation career. It was assembled together from the cadaver of pieces of unused 16mm animation from various sources such as completed works, incomplete works, tests and experiments. A Deadman's Holiday acts as a document of Best's filmmaking and animation career.
Besides being a historical document, this is a personal film that deals with the theme of memory and the past, which is reflected by the vocal aspect of the soundtrack.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 4 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental, Animation
PRODUCTION FORMAT: 16mm
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Alberta
TECHNIQUES: Animated Objects, Scratch Animation, Sand/Powder Animation, Hand Process (b&w), Drawing/Painting on cels

Director's Statement: A franken-film encompassing 20 years of animation that was never used. A document of an animation career.