BAM (film)

2016 Canadian film

BAM

Directed by| Howie Shia
Written by| Howie Shia
Based on| Hercules
Produced by| Maral Mohammadian
Edited by| Howie Shia
Music by|

* Leo Shia
* Tim Shia

Production
company

NFB

Release date

* July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20) (Canada)

Running time

| 5 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English
Budget| CA$200,000

BAM is a 2015 National Film Board of Canada animated short film by Howie Shia about a shy young man with a violent temper who struggles to reconcile the two sides of his personality. It is a retelling of the myth of Hercules and one of the first films created entirely in 4K UltraHD by the NFB.[1][2]

The filmmaker's brothers, hip-hop artist Leo Shia (also known as LEO37) and composer Tim Shia, composed the film's musical score and did the sound editing. Shia says the film was partly inspired by their grandfather, a high-ranking police official in Taiwan who was also a calligrapher and poet, "coming from a tradition of learned gentleman who also partook in violence one way or another". BAM was produced for the NFB by Maral Mohammadian and Michael Fukushima.[1][2]

The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival[3] and was nominated for an Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Animator explores violence and anger with TIFF debut". CBC News. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. ^ a b Lewis, Philip (2 June 2015). "Hercules Enters the Ring: New NFB Animation". NFB/Blog. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. ^ Desowitz, Bill (11 September 2015). "Immersed in Movies: Howie Shia Talks TIFF-Bound 'BAM' from NFB". Indiewire. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
4. ^ Furdyk, Brent (19 January 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

## External links

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* Watch BAM on the NFB website

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